Ontario officials fear new SARS cluster

Globe & Mail ^ | 2003-06-10 | Gloria Galloway

[RJayneJ]

Quote of the Day by Brainhose

[aristeides]

Ping.

[Dog Gone]

I'd certainly appreciate it if Canada finally got SARS under control.

[Betty Jo]

Hmmmm....... it says two people who shared the room with the person the SARS man visited came down with SARS two days AFTER the man visited.

And they wonder how he got it?

They were communicable before these brilliant health wizards knew they were.

So what does this mean?

May I suggest that it means that they and we dont know much about when SARS victims are contagious?

And what does that mean?

[per loin]

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Travis man 1st probable SARS case in Texas

By Mary Ann Roser

AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF

Tuesday, June 10, 2003

The first probable case of severe acute respiratory syndrome in Texas has been reported in a Travis County man who traveled to Toronto in mid-May and became ill later that month after returning home.

The man was not hospitalized and is in isolation at home, where he is recovering well, state and local health officials said.

"He doesn't have any fever, and he doesn't have any cough left," said Bob Flocke, a spokesman for the Austin/Travis County Health and Human Services Department. "He's got to stay home 10 days after the symptoms go away" so he doesn't infect others.

Flocke said the man is 38 but declined to release any other identifying information.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention classified the case as probable Friday evening, Flocke said.

Eight other possible SARS cases in Texas during the past three months have been classified as suspect, including that of a Travis County man who traveled to China. The key difference is that in probable cases, the victims also develop pneumonia and are believed to be more likely to have SARS.

The eight suspected victims have recovered, state health officials said.

"The most important thing is to get these people isolated quickly," Flocke said. The man with the probable case is cooperative and has not infected anyone else, he said.

As of Friday, the CDC had identified 68 probable cases in the United States and 311 suspect cases. No one has died of SARS in the United States, but worldwide, 784 people have died, according to the World Health Organization. The health organization reported 8,421 probable SARS cases worldwide Monday.

The CDC reinstated a travel alert for Toronto on May 23 after reports of five new probable SARS cases. It had lifted the alert on May 20 because more than 30 days had elapsed since the date of symptom onset in the last case. An alert does not advise against travel but tells travelers a health concern exists and they should take precautions.

maroser@statesman.com; 445-3619

[riri]

who traveled to Toronto in mid-May and became ill later that month after returning home

Does that mean 10 days later or 18 days later or 21 days later?!

[per loin]

They are not being very open with info on this guy. The US seems determined to keep the facts on SARS cases away from the public. Not a good sign.

[Domestic Church]

People obviously become contagious while still incubating the virus.

[Domestic Church]

"Dr. Low said the number of people infected suggests that it is in its third or fourth generation in this particular cluster and could have been transmitted to many other people."

Just wait until the lawyers start to sink their teeth into this fiasco!

[Betty Jo]

Can you imagine what that means in terms of trying to stop SARS?

[Betty Jo]

http://www.apic.org/sars/canadianrequest.cfm

[Betty Jo]

be sure to read the fine print at the bottom....Med-Emerg International, Inc.

The 10K annual report of 3/30/00 lists Camille Chebeir,I'm trying to find it now.

Remember, Chebeir is the investment manager for Bin Mahfouz also known as SEDCO Services, Inc.

Again, Mahfouz is a funder of Bin Laden,so there is a connect the dots to Med-Emerg International which is staffing the SARS Canada mess.

Binnys boys in the SARS mess???

[Betty Jo]

Here is the SEC 10K Annual Report for 3/30/00 showing that Camille Chebeir was a director of Med-Emerg and owner of stocks.

Chebeir is the investment manager for Bin Mahfouz, whom the US governemtnt says is a funder of Bin Laden.

So, we have Bin Laden through Bin Mahfouz through SEDCO and Chebeir involved in the Canadian healthcare system through Med-Emerg.

I told this to the feds back in late Septeber of 2001.

Have they done anything about it?

Or, are they too busy draining the pond, looking for alligators?

[Betty Jo]

Ooooppps

http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1030179/0000912057-00-015188.txt

[Betty Jo]

I'm typing too fast.See above hit.

[IYAAYAS]

If you knew about that link and they didn't, it can't be important, it would make them look bad. sarcasm of course.

I'm sure there are more than a few media outlets that would run with this info.

[aristeides]

Eves acquiesces to SARS inquiry: Former Supreme Court justice will lead independent probe.

[riri]

I told this to the feds back in late Septeber of 2001

I wonder what your file looks like?! LOL

[IvanT]

I'd certainly appreciate it if Canada finally got SARS under control.

You and me both. A nice spell of warm weather would certainly go along way, I think, alas, it's been as cold as a donkey's b*lls up here this spring....