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04-02-2003, 11:24 AM
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Severe Acute Respitory Syndome
Ok.. I'm really freaking out how rapidly this thing is spreading!!! And now there are a couple of 'probable' cases a few counties away from where I live
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04-02-2003, 11:39 AM
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I am convinced I have it. Actually, my continous dry couch for the last 3 weeks is due to a change in meds, but I sometimes swear I have SARS. Except for the fact that I have no fever and havent been to Hong Kong this week.
Why is it this chit always comes from Hong Kong? Why is that?
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04-02-2003, 12:04 PM
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Toronto has been hit badly with SARS...
http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/...al/?query=sars
Last night i had some chinese from toronto check-in, i showed them where to park their own vechile - &#$@ that.
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04-02-2003, 12:39 PM
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This isht is pretty scary, at first it was a few isolated cases in southeast Asia but just yesterday they quarentined a flight arriving in California from Tokyo. Scary stuff
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04-02-2003, 12:59 PM
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Originally posted by lionlove
just yesterday they quarentined a flight arriving in California from Tokyo. Scary stuff
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Luckily, authorities found out that the passengers reporting symptoms did not have SARS. They released the plane a few hours later.
Its very scary!
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04-02-2003, 01:43 PM
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1 in 25 die.. Not so scary as we were first told. Hopefully our medical folks can get us a vaccine!
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04-02-2003, 02:00 PM
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it's been popping up in the sacto valley recently. i have a dry cough too that comes around once in a while. like a bad tickle in my throat that keeps me coughing for a really long time. then it goes away. however, no fever. i had the flu two weeks ago but i got over it.
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04-02-2003, 04:17 PM
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I can't help but wonder how this randomly started?
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04-02-2003, 04:33 PM
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Quote:
Originally posted by texas*princess
I can't help but wonder how this randomly started?
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Somebody probably created it.
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04-02-2003, 05:11 PM
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Originally posted by Dionysus
Somebody probably created it.
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You smart.
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04-02-2003, 05:28 PM
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More Info
Here's a Q&A article on the USA Today website with some more info on the disease, etc...
http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/...-q-and-a_x.htm
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04-02-2003, 05:35 PM
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Originally posted by lifesaver
I am convinced I have it. Actually, my continous dry couch for the last 3 weeks is due to a change in meds,
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you change the meds for your dry couch? i dont think its sars. if anything, i would want to give meds to a wet couch. or maybe you can just dry it. the meds arent really necessary......sorry, i had to go there
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04-02-2003, 06:38 PM
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Originally posted by lifesaver
I am convinced I have it. Actually, my continous dry couch for the last 3 weeks is due to a change in meds,
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Smiley!
you change the meds for your dry couch? i dont think its sars. if anything, i would want to give meds to a wet couch. or maybe you can just dry it. the meds arent really necessary......sorry, i had to go there
edited-OMG, so many things are popping in my head!!!
I swear-TEARS are rolling down my face!!!
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04-12-2003, 07:49 AM
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Suspected US cases
Alabama 1
California 35
Colorado 5
Connecticut 4
Florida 11
Georgia 3
Hawaii 5
Illinois 7
Indiana 1
Kansas 1
Kentucky 1
Maine 2
Massachusetts 5
Michigan 3
Missouri 2
Mississippi 1
Minnesota 5
New Hampshire 1
New Jersey 3
New Mexico 1
North Carolina 6
New York 21
Ohio 6
Pennsylvania 5
Rhode Island 1
Texas 5
Utah 5
Vermont 2
Virginia 3
Washington 14
Wisconsin 1
Total Suspected Cases Under Investigation 166
For more information, visit this CDC SARS web site.
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04-12-2003, 07:53 AM
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case definition
The previous CDC SARS case definition (published March 29, 2003) has been updated to clarify that CDC's definition of travel to areas of suspected or documented community transmission of SARS includes airport transit.
Suspected Case:
Respiratory illness of unknown etiology with onset since February 1, 2003, and the following criteria:
Measured temperature greater than 100.4° F (greater than 38° C) AND
One or more clinical findings of respiratory illness (e.g. cough, shortness of breath, difficulty breathing, hypoxia, or radiographic findings of either pneumonia or acute respiratory distress syndrome) AND
Travel† within 10 days of onset of symptoms to an area with documented or suspected community transmission of SARS (see list below; excludes areas with secondary cases limited to healthcare workers or direct household contacts)
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Close contact* within 10 days of onset of symptoms with either a person with a respiratory illness who traveled to a SARS area or a person known to be a suspect SARS case.
† Travel includes transit in an airport in an area with documented or suspected community transmission of SARS
* Close contact is defined as having cared for, having lived with, or having direct contact with respiratory secretions and/or body fluids of a patient known to be suspect SARS case.
Areas with documented or suspected community transmission of SARS: Peoples' Republic of China (i.e., mainland China and Hong Kong Special Administrative Region); Hanoi, Vietnam; and Singapore
Note: Suspect cases with either radiographic evidence of pneumonia or respiratory distress syndrome; or evidence of unexplained respiratory distress syndrome by autopsy are designated "probable" cases by the WHO case definition.
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