[jacquej]

All I could get is that there might be a connection to one of the hospitals, North York, I think...

My research on this is that the Canadian system for reporting is disorganized, compared to that in the US, and that they are constantly changing the criteria for categorizing the cases, and therefore the rules for reporting.

Some of the nurses at the hospitals tried to warn the administrators, etc, about patients having SARS, but were ignored. The nurses are really ticked off.

Remember, the Canadian Health Care system is very different than ours, and so is the politics....

I live just across the border from Canada, in western NY, and the Canadians own a lot of the property in resort areas around here, so I am assuming that if it gets into the community in Toronto, it will be here in short order.

That is why I am watching for evidence of community spread so closely.

[harpseal]

ping

[Dog Gone]

The logical connection is that this high school student visited someone at North York where SARS was spreading unbeknownst to the staff. A few days later he started feeling sick at school, and we hope had not yet developed the SARS cough.

I'm guessing here, but I'm not sure what else it could possibly be, unless the kid is a relative of a hospital worker who also contracted SARS.

[myprecious]

The nurses are really ticked off.

This is a serious part of the problem in case of a major (even if only suspected) outbreak of SARS. The medical staff is watching nervously. There could be mass exits from the medical field if things get ugly.....