To: Dog Gone
The man continued driving his cab for at least four days after he had a high fever but took medicine to keep it down, they said. Authorities were trying to track down people who rode in the taxi. That incident alone, could be in the neighborhood of sixty people exposed.....Not good.
To: Joe Hadenuf
>>That incident alone, could be in the neighborhood of sixty people exposed<<
Plus all their friends and relatives and coworkers and health care workers and all THEIR friends and relatives and coworkers and health care workers AND . . . .
To: Joe Hadenuf
The disease is in the general population in only two countries right now, as best as I can tell. Taiwan and China. Everyone else has all known cases locked up, either in quarantine or in the hospital.
Unfortunately, those two countries comprise about 20% or more of the entire population of the planet, so it's not an insignificant problem.
14 posted on
05/07/2003 8:15:26 PM PDT by
Dog Gone
To: Joe Hadenuf
And since now they said the virus can survive sometimes up to 4-5 days on a surface, the multiplier takes effect. Sixty is nothing. Of course we're not doing anything to stop entry into our country beyond asking "how ya feelin" when they get to the customs post.
16 posted on
05/07/2003 8:22:42 PM PDT by
Beck_isright
(If France actually won a war that mattered, would the world come to an end?)
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