[FITZ]

The topic of sars seems to be slowing. I wonder if people are getting burnt out on it?

I'm still reading what gets posted on FR about it but I'm beginning to think it's not going to be that much of a disease when all the facts come out. It seems to me to be a fairly serious cold or flu and mostly hospital associated ----like many are. Lots of patients get sick in hospitals from the other patients ---and so do the employees.

[CathyRyan]

I am sorry but I have to disagree with you this is more than a bad cold or flu. Medical staff do not usually do not wear jupiter suit much less get sick in the numbers that they are. Just this past week two more medical staff are sick in Canada. In China 50% of the doctors that were unprotected became infected with sars.

[_Jim]

Lots of patients get sick in hospitals from the other patients ---and so do the employees.

There are even recorded cases of Legionnaires Disease caused by hot water distribution systems in hospitals ...