[per loin]

It looks like that 4% death rate was an underestimate. About 7%, as a minimum, looks more likely.

[CathyRyan]

Let use this thread as the main discussion threat for the today until something is set up. Is that Ok?

[dark_lord]

Can you post a link to the source for the statistics? Thanks.

[EternalHope]

Since this is the main discussion thread for today, it ought to have a link to this thread:

A survivor's story

This is a must read for anybody who wants to know what SARS is really like. It sure ain't the flu.

[aristeides]

U.S. Reclassifies SARS Cases, Number Drops.

[EternalHope]

This just in:

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States changed the way it classifies patients with the deadly respiratory virus SARS on Thursday, and said the number of probable cases dropped to 35 from 208.

From the time Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome reached U.S. shores in March the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (news - web sites) has used a broader definition than other countries in a bid to catch anyone who might spread the disease.

But CDC Director Dr. Julie Gerberding said this was confusing people. "I think we did cast a very wide net early on. We know that we have more people in the net than truly have SARS," she told a news briefing.

My Note: The over-broad definition the U.S. was using was leading a lot of people in the U.S. to conclude that the disease was somehow milder in the U.S.

[aristeides]

Goa SARS case may be a false alarm.

[CathyRyan]

A 16-month toddler who died at the KK Children's and Women's Hospital has been classified as a suspect SARS case until post-mortem findings show otherwise.

The girl was first admitted on 31 March after she had an asthma attack, the Ministry of Health revealed at a news conference on Wednesday.

She was discharged four days later, but re-admitted on 9 April, this time with a high fever.

The girl was sent to intensive care and isolated as she showed signs of pneumonia and had severe breathing difficulties.

But tests showed she did not have SARS, and she also had no contact with a SARS patient.

The toddler's condition deteriorated and she died on Tuesday night.

For the rest of the story...

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/37659/1/.html

[CathyRyan]

I just went to the CDC web site and clicked on the WHO world numbers for sars and this poped up. I wonder if all that love and sharing and let's all get a long is history... or just a outbreak of good taste.

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[CathyRyan]

New ProMED update 4/17

http://www.promedmail.org/pls/askus/f?p=2400:1001:58452831281303004::NO::F2400_P1001_BACK_PAGE,F2400_P1001_PUB_MAIL_ID:1000,21307