Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) - Multi-country outbreak - Update 44

World Health Organization ^ | 1 May 2003

[Joe Hadenuf]

Early reports are that the peasants are tearing up the railroads.

While airliners are packed full and heading our way, from Asia, to an airport near you....

[Allan]

While airliners are packed full and heading our way, from Asia, to an airport near you....

I heard a frightening thing the other day. (Not on B and A).

Apparently several hundred illegal Chinese immigrants enter the USA each month
via Toronto airport and then across the NY border.
So far as I know, Canada has taken no action to screen people arriving from the far East.
Of course, who knows how many illegals just stay in Canada?
Toronto now has the highest population of Chinese in North America.
I suspect most of them are illegal immigrants.

[Mitchell]

Have you seen a breakdown of SARS fatality rate by race? I wonder if there are differences.

[Allan]

Have you seen a breakdown of SARS fatality rate by race?

No I haven't but I am extremely skeptical about the fatality rates.
How many people with SARS symptoms really have the disease?
How many unreported deaths have there been?
How many unreported cases, especially in China, have there been?
Plus, it's a moving total.

[Mitchell]

I agree. The total figures are so nebulous that a breakdown into categories would be completely meaningless at this point.