Dr. Henry Niman is now posting on my SARS blog. He calls the recent Toronto outbreak "CARS":
>>After SARS comes CARS. It seems that Toronto has been struck with another epidemic. This time its CARS (Confusing Acute Respiratory Syndrome aka Conflicting Acute Respiratory Syndrome). It is a fatal disease very similar to SARS but requires a "confused" or "conflicted" statement by a physician, researcher, or elected official.
The "confused" part requires multiple PCR tests. If a patient tests positive repeatedly for SARS CoV, additional tests are run until "conflicting" results are obtained, followed by a confused or conflicted statement. See below for an example.
The treatment for CARS is a SARS epidemic (SARS clusters are no longer effective), which forces physicians, researchers, or government officials to reclassify CARS patients to SARS patients.<<
http://www.siliconinvestor.com/stocktalk/msg.gsp?msgid=19037659So, the enlightened neighbor to the North would rather risk another outbreak and numerous deaths than aggressively pursue the possibility. Since the guy "died too soon" it seems that they just might consider that it's possible that there are more dangerous undertones to SARS.
I predict, on this day, June 17,2003, that we are seeing the calm before the storm. This is going to break loose with a vengence. My opinion from reading the data that has been put forth by the Canadians.