[Bluewave]

I'm going to respectfully disagree one more time.

Even a relatively small outbreak of SARS will overwhelm the American medical system in a matter of days. You have two problems. Personnel and equipment. Do the numbers, there are only a few thousand isolation beds in the entire country with approved ventilation. A few hundred cases in any city will shut down the hospitals.

This is not a political issue. It is public health issue and the ongoing efforts to assign philosophical and management blame are wrong.

How is spread?

How do we stop it?

How do we treat it?

[IYAAYAS]

I'll bite

How is spread? Airborne, and surface contamination.

How do we stop it? ?

How do we treat it? can't, only genetic immunity.

[travelnurse]

How do we stop it?

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Stay away from areas where you know there is SARS -- Toronto-- no matter what you read about "it's safe in Toronto", these people are lying through their teeth.

[travelnurse]

One more thing that I would like to emphasize is that Toronto is so concerned about its image and tourism, that they are doing everything to cover up the problem. Why would you become lax on your infection control protocol?

They do not want tourists to come into the city and see people with masks on; even in their hospitals they are pretending that it doesn't exist. Their Govt. sponsored Health Care is making the problem worse by trying to cover up the problem in the first place.

What reasonable medical facility will let up on an Infection Control Protocol unless they are trying to pretend it doesn't exist?

[MeneMeneTekelUpharsin]

Even a relatively small outbreak of SARS will overwhelm the American medical system in a matter of days. You have two problems. Personnel and equipment. Do the numbers, there are only a few thousand isolation beds in the entire country with approved ventilation. A few hundred cases in any city will shut down the hospitals.

Have already told people respirators are going to be in demand. Few seem to care.