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SARS closes Toronto-area school .

Ontario really should shut its schools, the way Hong Kong did for a few weeks. They can't be that far from vacation anyway.

Also, people feeling sick should be instructed to stay home, rather than going to school or work or whatever.

Also, people feeling sick should be instructed to stay home, rather than going to school or work or whatever.

That'd never fly here, I'm afraid - too many people are scared that if they call in sick or don't show up for mild symptoms, then their bosses will realize that they can be done without...

And too many bosses are looking for any excuse to cut staff...

From the article you posted...

"Families or other household members of a quarantined student or staff member are not required to remain at home in isolation."

Can someone here more up on the effectiveness of the quarantine process explain how this works? It seems to me that there is still not solid information on how this is transmitted, and I wonder if it is possible for a quarantined person to transmit the illness to a non-quarantined family member. This non-quarantined family member could then transmit it to the persons he comes into contact with...

I realize the impracticality of quarantining everyone in a household. My daughter and son-in-law both teach at a good-size small city high school. If they were both quarantined, they would be dependant on someone to get them food, etc...

I plan on telling her to get ready for quarantine, jic... mostly to have plenty of things to do to pass the time. I can see her shake her head in my mind's eye right now... saying "Oh, Mom"... (lol)