Posted on 10/05/2005 10:19:30 AM PDT by silentknight
Doctors "the patients fall ill and die within 2-3 days"
10 dead - 40+ hospitilized 80+ sick.
Unknown illness in Toronto.
CDC called in to investigate.
OK, so its it Bird Flu, SARS, bioterror or none of the above?
But, but, but.....Canadian healthcare is so superior to ours... Hildebeast sez so!
Flashbacks of SARS
Obviously it's the food in Canada. Duh.
Thanks...I guess none of the above
Well let me be the 1st............Drum Roll please...
It's Bush's fault!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thank You Thank You
Death toll at 10 from nursing home mystery illness
TORONTO, Ontario (AP) -- Four more residents of a nursing home for the elderly have died of an unknown respiratory illness, bringing the number fatally infected by the disease to 10, Toronto's chief medical officer said Tuesday.
Dr. David McKeown, Toronto's medical officer, said the outbreak at the Seven Oaks Home for the Aged has now affected 84 residents, employees and two visitors to the nursing home on the outskirts of Toronto. Forty residents have been admitted to the hospital.
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.
Anxiety over the outbreak has been exacerbated by fears of SARS -- severe acute respiratory syndrome -- which claimed 44 lives in Toronto from two outbreaks in the spring of 2003. More than 8,000 people worldwide contracted the illness and 774 people died.
Authorities have said the outbreak, while more serious than average, was not particularly unusual, especially as the flu season approaches.
http://www.cnn.com/2005/HEALTH/10/05/toronto.illness.ap/index.html
Tin Foil moment overtakes me: Any relation to the President's sudden plan for Avian Bird Flu?
That said, I hasten to recall the prominent position of Toronto in the SARS outbreak.
What do you think? Manmade or natural?
Lemme guess... Ummmmm, it's in the Asian community of Toronto? My money's on that, anyway.
(crowd cheers!)
Tronto has a large Asian population. Makes one wonder if this is the start of the great flu season that GW talked about...with thousands of dead.
I remember listening to Art Bell a few weeks ago, and he had someone on the phone talking about dead birds in Toronto, and didn't know what was causing it. Could it be the Bird Flu??
Bad mountain oysters?
Are you here all week?
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.
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