Do you think SARS is that serious?

[steveg]

another link with real and current information including
that "young and health" patients are also at risk.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/sars/index.html

[PolishSausage]

Compared to all the other epidemics, SARS is a wuss...

[FooTemps]

Dude... SARS is a wuss but you've got to remember that it's just starting up. Once it gets enough people infected it'll spread like wildfire. I say it's extremely serious. I mean, we don't have a vaccine or cure yet. All we can do is wash our hands and wear those masks to combat spread. Even doing that doesn't garuntee protection either. If we don't stop it soon it'll be a really big problem.

[TransMan]

Personaly i dont think its all that serious i agree with army on this one.

I also dont belive the crap about it being a disese that crossed over from animals to humans atleast not on its own. Personaly i think it is/was a bio weapon the chinese were developing that got loose some how...

[WicKeD_WaYz]

1200 people a day die from smoking cigarettes. I think that kills way more people than sars is right now.


I also read somewhere that tens of thousands of people a year die from the common cold.

[steveg]

A person chooses to smoke a person does not choose to
be sneezed on and contact 1/25 fatal desease.

wonder what the #/25 or even #/1 000 000 death rate for
the common cold is.

Canada (Toronto) had no idea what they were dealing with
until some time after the first deaths occured.

You guy's at least are forewarned.

[Restola]

Originally posted by EsPo
propaganda to keep our eyes off the war

The hugely successful war?

The media has nothing to cover except Lacy Peterson. SARS was exactly what the media needed to help full its 24/7 schedule.

[WicKeD_WaYz]

I think to get sick from it you have to be in direct, continuous, contact with the person.

I dont think it is highly contagious.

[LittMag]

Originally posted by WicKeD_WaYz
I think to get sick from it you have to be in direct, continuous, contact with the person.

I dont think it is highly contagious.

The problem with this discussion is that no one really knows what they're talking about

Taken from http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/sars/faq.htm

How is SARS spread?
The primary way that SARS appears to spread is by close person-to-person contact. Potential ways in which SARS can be spread include touching the skin of other people or objects that are contaminated with infectious droplets and then touching your eye(s), nose, or mouth. This can happen when someone who is sick with SARS coughs or sneezes droplets onto themselves, other people, or nearby surfaces. It also is possible that SARS can be spread more broadly through the air or by other ways that are currently not known.

You don't have to be in direct continuous contact.

[WicKeD_WaYz]

How is SARS spread?
The primary way that SARS appears to spread is by close person-to-person contact.



I was close

[Star_Base_CGI]

SARS is here in my nieghborhood hospital.

Its not that serious. It just causes Pneumonia and that causes the lungs to fill with fluid.

Thats no big deal cause Im sure you call can breath with yout lungs filled with snot.

Ive had Pneumonia 3 times. If I get it again I likely wont survive.

[HoppysMag]

Originally posted by Star_Base_CGI
SARS is here in my nieghborhood hospital.

Its not that serious. It just causes Pneumonia and that causes the lungs to fill with fluid.

Thats no big deal cause Im sure you call can breath with yout lungs filled with snot.

Ive had Pneumonia 3 times. If I get it again I likely wont survive.

hoppy fears for you.... dont get pneumonia.

[Jack_Dubious]

And you thought Michael Jackson was crazy!!


JDub

[MagMan5446]

Well, it's in the yuppy town next to mine...

[megaman]

yeah it's not "serious" until it happens to you or a family member!