Posted by cybercafe on April 5, 2003, at 23:40:27
In reply to Re: SARS UPDATE, posted by Robin David John on April 2, 2003, at 18:58:53
> Working as an inside Government worker..I must say that this virus is not dead yet and all precausions should be taken till they know for sure there is no threat..and in the mean time any information that I can give the forum I will ..the government does not want to put a panic in the community and they say just what they have to..and thats it..let me tell you that in Ontario there are a lot of cases and these people were diagnosed after they became ill..they spread the virus with anyone they came in contact( stores ,family ,friends,public transportation and so on ..you get my drift i'm sure) with during the period they did not feel they were sick...as you know it takes 2 to 11 days before these people knew they were sick..this is a deadly virus thats all I can tell you now, other than there is no know cure and people are recovering..
> Robinummm... i'm also up here in toronto, watch a lot of tv, and from what i've heard you don't actually spread the disease to others until you enter a feverish state
they seem to think it will be over with soon (from what i've heard anyway) but if you see the steps they are (finally) taking it's pretty extreme ... no visitors to hospital, everyone washes hands and wears masks upon entry ...
yeah it might get a lot worse... but i think the fatality rate is only about 4%, which is probably only the very young or old... so personally i'm not too worried about dying from it ....
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