Man placed in confinement after showing SARS symptoms (involuntary isolation at Kaiser Permanente)

AP Breaking ^ | 6-5-03

[I'll be your Huckleberry]

SAN MATEO -- Health officials today said one new suspected case of SARS has been reported in San Mateo County and the patient has been ordered into isolation by the county health officer.

The unidentified 39-year-old man recently visited Taiwan and had agreed to isolate himself after reporting symptoms of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome on May 30. But according to the San Mateo County Health Services Agency the man broke the agreement, prompting Health Officer Dr. Scott Morrow to issue an involuntary isolation order.

[Betty Jo]

Well, I see that freepers have figured it out .

[I'll be your Huckleberry]

Thank you,

I did not want to see that nutball leftist proven right.

Odd serious of event, all the same.

[blam]

"The above was found on SARS Thread #783 – Post 11"

Thanks here is a Link

[blam]

"Well, I see that freepers have figured it out ."

I'm not sure what we've figured out. Care to explain?

[TaxRelief]

But eventually there will be cases at Vallejo and probably many other hospitals near areas with heavy Asian populations. And when it spreads, maybe every hospital will have cases.

Actually, I believe Vallejo has had 1 or 2 suspect cases.

[Betty Jo]

Which Kaiser.

[blam]

"Which Kaiser."

I don't know.
I just learned from this article (and posts) that there were 'many' Kaiser hospitals.

[flutters]

Morrow said of the 400 suspected cases that have been reported in the U.S., only about seven have been confirmed. None of the suspected or probable cases in San Mateo County have been proven.

I bet the research for this article was done a long time ago, but just printed today. It's doesn't contain the latest stats.

[flutters]

*smacking my hands* do not say 'it's doesn't' again...do not say 'it's doesn't' again...do not say 'it's doesn't' again...

[null and void]

But the onions have gotta be grilled :^)

Wellies, too...

[Prince Charles]

I think "that" hospital was in Vallejo. Link here:

Agitprop in action? [Was U.S. SARS Outbreak? Vallejo, California]

[aristeides]

Ping.

[CathyRyan]

New SARS case ID'd in County
By Jean Whitney, STAFF WRITER
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO -- Public health officials said late Wednesday that a suspected case of SARS turned up at Kaiser Permanente Medical Center in a middle-aged man who had traveled to Taiwan.
"It looks like SARS," according to San Mateo County Health Services Director Margaret Taylor. The illness had not been confirmed as SARS by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention by late Wednesday.

Taylor said the SARS victim had broken a customary agreement to voluntary isolation at home, on Wednesday afternoon. The man, who was not named, was being kept isolated at the hospital, she said.

It was unclear Wednesday night whether he would be quarantined -- a legally imposed isolation.

"We don't want to endanger public health," Taylor said. "That is first and foremost. We have to act. We can't have someone wandering around."

The County's other two probable and three suspected SARS patients, who complied with at-home isolation, were not quarantined, and all recovered.

The last County case of probable SARS was in a 3-year-old girl who had traveled through Hanoi's airport.

The Bush administration added SARS to the list of diseases that warrant legal quarantine shortly after the emergence of the disease in February.

In the past, County individuals with active tuberculosis have been quarantined, Taylor added.

California has had 71 cases of SARS, with 21 of those defined as probable and 50 suspected. Two of the probable cases were confirmed as SARS by the CDC.

SARS was found to be a form of coronavirus, similar to the common cold. It is characterized by fever and cough, and can quickly move into a pneumonia-like illness and even death.

In the U.S. to date, there have been 69 probable cases of SARS and 303 suspected, with no deaths reported, according to the CDC.

Worldwide, since the disease was uncovered in a southern Chinese province nearly five months ago, there have been 772 deaths attributed to SARS and at least 8,402 cases, according to the World Health Organization.

The majority of fatalities from SARS have been in China. including Taiwan, with others in Canada, Singapore and Vietnam Staff writer Jean Whitney covers County government. She can be reached at 306-2428 or by e-mail at jwhitney@angnewspapers.com .

[tallhappy]

Yes, Blam it is the same hospital.

No.

It's not even close to being the same story as was posted and deleted.

[riri]

Thanks for the clarification. I just assumed it was one and the same. I guess it isn't Mayberry and the one general hospital anymore.

[TaxRelief]

You grill rain gear?

[TaxRelief]

I was shocked to see how many hospitals Kaiser owned in that area. We have 5 hospitals in our city. Big difference!

[null and void]

No. At In-N-Out Burger you can get the burgers with grilled onions.

You can also ask of extra crispy fries "wellies" as in well done.

[TaxRelief]

Everything has a risk factor? Have you ever heard of acrylamide? From RISK ASSESSMENT OF ACRYLAMIDE INTAKE FROM FOODS WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON CANCER RISK:

"Together with other snacks, potato crisps constituted a third of the estimated intake in adults. In younger men, the proportion of acrylamide from potato and other snacks is estimated to over 40%. Also fried potatoes and French fries contribute relatively much to the intake of acrylamide compared to the amounts consumed of these foods. Bread, with the exception of potato cakes and crispbread, contains low amounts acrylamide.

For males a lifetime cancer risk of 0.5x10^-3, or 5 cancer cases per 10,000 individuals, was estimated based on a daily dose from acrylamide of 0.36µg per kg bodyweight for lifetime. For females, lifetime cancer risk was estimated to 0.4x10^-3(4 cancer cases per 10,000) from a daily intake of 0.33µg per kg bodyweight. For the 2.5% males with the highest intake, lifetime cancer risk was estimated to 1.7x10^-3 (17 cases per 10,000).

The "wellies" will have a higher level of acrylamide than the less well done.