10 Dead - 84+ Sick - Toronto Illness Spreads

MSNBC

[silentknight]

Doctors "the patients fall ill and die within 2-3 days"

10 dead - 40+ hospitilized 80+ sick.

Unknown illness in Toronto.

[adam_az]

"McKeown insisted that despite the new deaths, the illness was winding down. "

I am the great oz! Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain!

[Minus_The_Bear]

dont worry, their socialized medicine will save them. let eastern canada eat cake.

[R_Kangel]

The victims are elderly residents of a nursing home dieing of some respiratory illness.

My guess is some airborne bacteria or virus similar to legionnaires disease. Another possibility is some kind of contagion in the food.

[lainie]

Ohhhh. See, if we'd been talking about England, I'd have gotten it. :)

[cherry]

we do have to remember that these people are in a nursing home for a reason.....they are chronically ill, most very frail elderly, on a variety of immuno-suppressant drugs and God only knows what else....

the workers that got sick......Its more important probably to study them.....

[Pylon]

Where did you get that picture of my girlfriend? I told her I was gonna make her eat crow but this is ridiculous.

[Doctor Stochastic]

I'll put my money on Ebola...

The symptoms don't seem to be the same.

[NewJerseyJoe]

The headline is wrong. It's supposed to read:

BUSH KILLS CANADIANS
Senators Demand Independent Investigation

[Alberta's Child]

Wake me when it kills someone under 90 years of age. I thought the good ole plain vanilla flu could be fatal to an extremely aged person.

I agree. This may sound harsh, but when someone dies of a "mystery illness" at the age of 92, they've actually died of natural causes.

Not that this makes things any easier for their families to take, but you understand what I mean.

[michigander]

Eh, hosehead, once you get there you can have all the free beer and sausages you want.

[lainie]

What are the symptoms of bird flu in humans?

In humans, bird flu causes similar symptoms to other types of flu:

* fever
* cough
* sore throat
* muscle aches
* conjunctivitis

Severe cases of bird flu can cause breathing problems and pneumonia, and can be fatal.

http://www.bupa.co.uk/health_information/html/health_news/250205avianflu.html

(conjunctivitis: -- pinkeye?)

[Nabber]

Maybe it's "Captain Trips"?

("The Stand")

[balk]

Wrong dude, never assume:

Seven Oaks Home for the Aged

Address: 9 Neilson Road, Scarborough On. M1E 5E1

Phone: (416) 392- 3500 Fax:(416) 392-3579

Email: 1macgreg@toronto.ca

Website:www.toronto.ca/depts/commserv.htm

Nearest Intersection:Ellesmere Ave and Neilson Rd

Number of Beds: 249

Types of Accommodation: Basic, Semi- Private and Private Secure Unit:YesSmoking or Non-smoking:Smoking on a Unit for Cognitively Intact residents

Ethno/religion-specific: Armenian

Numbers of short stay beds: 2

Public Transit:Bus routes 95or 133

Amenities:Hair salon

Special Programs: Recreation program, Adult Day Centre

How to arrange a tour:Please call (416) 392-9581 or (416) 392-3500 Other information: Owned and operated by the City of Toronto; children’s Day Care onsite offers intergenerational programming.

Toronto Sun Link

[balk]

Wrong, never assume:

Seven Oaks Home for the Aged

Address: 9 Neilson Road, Scarborough On. M1E 5E1

Phone: (416) 392- 3500 Fax:(416) 392-3579

Email: 1macgreg@toronto.ca

Website:www.toronto.ca/depts/commserv.htm

Nearest Intersection:Ellesmere Ave and Neilson Rd

Number of Beds: 249

Types of Accommodation: Basic, Semi- Private and Private Secure Unit:YesSmoking or Non-smoking:Smoking on a Unit for Cognitively Intact residents

Ethno/religion-specific: Armenian

Numbers of short stay beds: 2

Public Transit:Bus routes 95or 133

Amenities:Hair salon

Special Programs: Recreation program, Adult Day Centre

How to arrange a tour:Please call (416) 392-9581 or (416) 392-3500 Other information: Owned and operated by the City of Toronto; children’s Day Care onsite offers intergenerational programming.

Toronto Sun Link

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[quantfive]

McKeown insisted that despite the new deaths, the illness was winding down.

"Although the condition of some ill residents has worsened and unfortunately four more have died, others are improving and we are confident this outbreak is under control," McKeown said.

Public health officials have said it may never be possible to determine the exact type of bug responsible for the rash of illnesses, but they have ruled out influenza, avian flu, SARS and Legionnaire's disease."

Sounds like Anthrax.

[softwarecreator]

See?  This is just backlash from last years cancelling of the Hockey season.

Now with the NHL back in business this should dissipate.

[kAcknor]

Can't go kissing Boobies without considering the same for a pair of Great Tits!

[wolfcreek]

My Mother has been an LVN at many different nursing homes over the years. She says there is often some kind of bug going around that kills patients. The state board that inspects these homes always find rule violations that lead to the spread of such bugs.

[Cecily]

The president no doubt knows more about what may be coming down the pike than we do. If he warned us about everything that could happen, he would get accused of causing a scare or panic if a situation didn't materialize.