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Preliminary Clinical Description of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
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| 03-26-03
Posted on 03/26/2003 5:39:19 PM PST by Mother Abigail
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To: Mother Abigail
I hate to see you stop, as your pings have been a great help to me and this is where I come for the information. Thanks for all your efforts..
To: Mother Abigail
who are these "good people"?
This is beginning to sound less like a "global health alert" and more like a French WHO initiative meant to screw up the coalition.
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posted on
03/26/2003 11:02:19 PM PST
by
bonesmccoy
(Defeat the terrorists... Vaccinate!)
To: bonesmccoy
I would say that there is indeed need for concern. It seems that the virus is very contagious: every health employee in contact with the reported first case in Hong Kong became ill with the same virus. Additionally, the ratio of deaths to infections put the mortality rate for anyone who contracts the virus at 3.7%
In a city with 1,000,000 (one million) people, 37,000 people would die from the virus. The 37,000 people would require medical treatment, including mechanical ventalation. I could not imagine what would happen if this hit a city with 22-23 million people.
It seems to me that the WHO, CDC, and any other group willing to work on the problem to help prevent a health catastrophe should do so immediately.
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posted on
03/26/2003 11:37:41 PM PST
by
InShanghai
(I was born on the crest of a wave, and rocked in the cradle of the deep.)
To: Mother Abigail
Many of you are now posting threads on SARS, and the information seems to be flowing in an accurate and timely manner. I think starting this thread is a great place to summarize or collect information/links related to SARS, I hope you can keep it up!
Can I get on your ping list?
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posted on
03/26/2003 11:47:38 PM PST
by
InShanghai
(I was born on the crest of a wave, and rocked in the cradle of the deep.)
To: Mother Abigail
Hopefully, others who post SARS articles will put "SARS update" or something like it in the title line, so we can easily find them.
Thank you again, Mother Abigail. You have done an amazing thing, bringing this to the attention of many Freepers. I hope we see you again.
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posted on
03/27/2003 2:14:09 AM PST
by
Judith Anne
(God bless our soldiers with swift victory...)
To: Judith Anne
most of them have been posted with a keyword of SARS, hopefully it will continue.
To: birdwoman
To: Mother Abigail
I am very thankful for your seemingly inexhaustible dedication to inform America about this deadly virus.
To: Jim Robinson
This thread deserves a gold star.
To: Judith Anne
Dittoes--"Recently returned from Asia?" ought to be a question on every doc's lips.
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posted on
03/27/2003 5:24:48 AM PST
by
Mamzelle
To: Mother Abigail
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posted on
03/27/2003 6:54:13 AM PST
by
InShanghai
(I was born on the crest of a wave, and rocked in the cradle of the deep.)
To: Mother Abigail
>and group 3 includes
avian viruses.
>State: suspected cases under investigation*
This got me thinking,
because south of Chicago
last summer we had
a lot of bird deaths.
In fact, I was privately
told by an Oak Lawn
policeman that some
authorities were afraid
to publicize it
as they didn't want
to risk creating panic.
So, I compared lists,
the new list of SARS
states, with the CDC list
of West Nile case counts.
I'm conspiracy
minded, but I don't see links
between the two lists.
Illinois was the
hardest hit by the West Nile,
but has just one SARS.
Whatever SARS is,
it doesn't appear to be
West Nile follow-on...
To: Mother Abigail
Thanks for your work.
Hope you don't really quit posting!
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posted on
03/27/2003 8:07:35 AM PST
by
EternalHope
(Chirac is funny, France is a joke.)
To: Mother Abigail
Thanks for all your posts. I know that you caught some heat yesterday from an ornery poster and hope you didn't take it to heart.
Never once on all your threads have you promoted panic, in fact you have always been a voice of reason.
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posted on
03/27/2003 8:22:50 AM PST
by
riri
To: riri
I agree, riri. And I appreciate everything MA has done.
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posted on
03/27/2003 8:39:18 AM PST
by
Judith Anne
(God bless our soldiers with swift victory...)
To: Mother Abigail
Sorry you have to go, but I think we can all appreciate your need for anonymity. Thank you for the *inspiration*, and good luck on your projects.
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posted on
03/28/2003 1:45:00 PM PST
by
Aracelis
(Oh, evolve!)
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