To: per loin; discostu
I'm just wondering about the number of Toronto (and/or Canadian) cases that were in health care workers...I'm recalling the doctor who got it, treating a man whose SARS symptoms were masked by congestive heart failure...
Actually, to me it's a matter of concern if there are a lot of people getting mild cases of SARS, because that might mean that the disease would likely infect more of the people who are more vulnerable due to overwhelming infection, those who are on meds that lower their immune status.
Truthfully, I don't think there are thousands of mild cases, or we'd be seeing a bunch of random serious cases not related to any known index case or vector. In Canada, if I remember correctly, all the cases can be traced back to one grandmother who came to Canada from China...
To: Judith Anne
There may have been a case in an apartment house that the Canucks could not trace, but other than that one, all were traceable. I reckon that either means that there are few mild cases, or that they cannot pass on a serious case of SARS.
Hong Kong says that they are now finding a few, who do not develop severe symptoms, but that they can still pass on a full dose of SARS.
22 posted on
04/27/2003 10:34:45 PM PDT by
per loin
To: Judith Anne
We know a nurse got it but she treated both of the first SARS patients in Canada and that was before it was identified and proper precautions were in place (actually I think with the second one some precautions were in place but not a lot.
It's kind of six of one half dozen of another. If there are lots of people getting mild cases then that means it's much more contagious than our current data would indicate, that's bad; but it also means it's a lot less deadly than our current data would indicate, that's good. One thing we also have to keep in mind is that every one is running quarantine protocol around SARS, that makes it a little tough to determine how many cases require hospitalization since we're putting them all in hospitals no matter what (all the detected ones anyway).
In other news WHO agrees with me, they say things a wrapping up everywhere but China. I'm not sure if I should feel more or less confident with WHO backing my position ;)
27 posted on
04/28/2003 8:11:24 AM PDT by
discostu
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