[TomHarkinIsNotFromIowa]

If you follow the rest of the story it just gets stranger.

[HairOfTheDog]

Local where? - Texas?

[twigs]

An acquaintance of mine, in her early 40's, died in her sleep just before Christmas. She had had a cold for about a week and had not been feeling particularly well, but nothing to suggest that she wouldn't soon get better. I've been wondering if she could have died of SARS.

[the_Watchman]

I volunteer at a homeless men's shelter in Phoenix. Early last month before SARS was announced we had two of our guys in the hospital over a severe flu. One almost died of pneumonia. Several others had a "flu" which took over a week to shake.

When the second guy went into the hospital, he was immediately isolated until "TB" tests were performed. Does anyone know if TB is known for sudden onset? I thought it was a progressive condition.

I was wondering if there was a connection.

[mabelkitty]

I don't understand.

If it is so contagious, then why didn't they infect the whole town?

[riri]

This doesn't sound like SARS. None of the deceased reported the dry coughing and difficulty breathing which is a present in most, if not all, SARS victims.

Also, none of the victims passed it on to family members.

[El Gato]

A later story, from March of this year, indicates that 2 of the 3 definitely died of bacterial pnemonia, with pre-existing conditions that made them more vulnerable to the pnemonia. The results of the autopsy were still not in for the third, and youngest, victim. She however had no such pre-existing conditions, as far as her parent know.