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Probable SARS In Ohio County(WV)
WTOV-TV(NBC affiliate, Steubenville, OH) ^
| 5/23/03
Posted on 05/23/2003 3:53:56 PM PDT by Dane
Last night, the man an Ohio County resident, collapsed in his home. He was taken to Wheeling Hospital. The man, whose name is not being released, showed symptoms of SARS. A nurse asked him if he had traveled, and he had recently been to Toronto, Canada. Christy Tarr, coordinator of infection control says they are keeping an eye on 11 employees that were in contact with the patient
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TOPICS: Breaking News; Canada; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Ohio; US: Pennsylvania; US: West Virginia
KEYWORDS: americansars; sars; toronto; westvirginia
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To: FITZ; All
A more recent article from one of the Wheeling newspapers has been posted
here
To: FITZ
It is spread by close contact with infected individuals who sneeze or cough. It kills health 20 year olds as easily as weakened 80 year olds. You only quarantine those who have been around a probable SARS case, until such time as they show the symptoms (and you take them to the hospital) or are past the incubation period.
Doing nothing is as dangerous to the innocent as being draconian.
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posted on
05/24/2003 5:22:07 PM PDT
by
twntaipan
(By denying Taiwan observer status WHO doctors have betrayed their Hypocratic oath.)
To: FITZ
Yes, sadly, you are correct.
To: twntaipan
SARS DNA was decoded weeks ago, I'm hoping and praying for a cure. I can't believe that test results take three weeks.
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posted on
05/28/2003 8:18:49 PM PDT
by
TBall
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