[jacquej]

I am wondering how best to follow news items that might indicate unusual respiratory problems in major cities near the border with Toronto, as this might be an indicator that our "officials" are playing around with "definitions" of communicable illness.

Do you or anyone else have any ideas on how best to track this issue?

We really have no idea on how early folks are contagious, who is a superspreader, even though unsymptomatic, etc... There was a report of a man with SARS who had recently visited Toronto, from Wheeling, West Virginia, I believe. So, in that sense, it is out of the hospitals and in the community, as I do not recall that he had visited the hospitals.

We have a neighbor who regularly travels to Toronto on business, and plan on keeping tabs on his health, and a safe distance, of course, as we are in the not-so-hot age bracket for having "mild" cases of SARS!

[Judith Anne]

I don't know how we can keep track of potential US outbreaks especially along the Canada/US border...I hope people will mention what they've heard, along with any source so it can be evaluated for accuracy...

[united1000]

I like going here, if it's in print, you'll see it here: Google news search for SARS