This needs to be followed. Once it gets in the schools, we are in big trouble! I am worried about the description "possible", as I suspect they are playing with semantics here.
looking for more info on the "possible" case in the high school, I found this...
According to official figures released Tuesday, those two clusters have led to nine new probable cases of SARS - an increase of one from Monday - and 23 suspect cases. Two of the probable cases have died, including the man who is considered, for now, the first or index case in the group.
Meanwhile, health officials closed a high school north of Toronto late Tuesday and moved to send 1,700 students and staff into quarantine after one student went to Father Michael McGivney Catholic Academy last week showing symptoms of SARS.
The student is considered a suspect case and is in hospital, Dr. Murray McQuigge, a consultant with York Region, said late Tuesday.
"We are confident that there is a definite link" to North York General, said McQuigge, who didn't release details on the extent of the connection to the hospital.
The school in Markham, Ont., will be closed until June 3. .....
the entire article can be found here..
http://www.canada.com/health/story.html?id=FAE85BBF-6B33-4376-A057-4D336E325B53
bump ... this is not good.
Well, school is almost out where I live. I can't believe that more progress hasn't been made (i.e., how it's spread). Maybe the CDC knows more than it's telling us.