[Dane]

Ohio County(WV) is about 50 miles SW of Pittsburgh, PA., and Wheeling, WV is the county seat.

[m1911]

Yikes! Mrs. m1911's family is there.

[aristeides]

If he has SARS, he presumably caught it in Toronto while Toronto was supposedly SARS-free.

[Las Vegas Dave]

Pinging Mountaineer.

Any more information available?

[TrexDogs]

This is a weird story. From the article:

Dr. Mercer says the health department is keeping an eye on nearly twenty people who have been in contact with the man. He says they're asking those people to take their temperature twice a day. So far, Dr. Mercer says those people have not been asked to stay in isolation. Dr. Mercer says they're testing the patient's blood for antibodies that single SARS, he says it will take three weeks to find out if the man actually the virus. Wheeling Hospital say patients and visitors to the hospital are not at risk of contracting SARS.

The article makes a series of incongruous statements: (1) it's a probable case of SARS, (2) but no one's being quarantined, (3) the health dept won't have test results for 3 more weeks, (4) and don't worry, no others at the hospital are at risk.

Either they don't really think the guy has a "probable" case of SARS, or they're taking some incredible chances.

[VadeRetro]

Great! Now it's in my state! Next stop, my county ...

[firewalk]

bttt

[Pure Country]

We just went to a 78th Fraser Concert in Springfield, IL last weekend. The 78th are from Toronto. We know lots of them personally and of course had to do the hug thing. Probably not smart--actually really dumb. Great concert though!

[Timesink]

I'm sure the Times' resident West Virginia expert, Jayson Blair, will get to the bottom of this immediately.