Guest guest Posted April 6, 2003 Report Share Posted April 6, 2003 > I truly hope, though, the next virus we get in this house is ICK and not > SARS. > > The virus has claimed a victim less than an hour from our house. Ack! How scary. I am hearing that is spreads like a cold they think, and that they are thinking it is one of the cold virus strains. Yikes. What is going on there to protect people? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 6, 2003 Report Share Posted April 6, 2003 Congrats! I truly hope, though, the next virus we get in this house is ICK and not SARS. The virus has claimed a victim less than an hour from our house. Jacquie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 6, 2003 Report Share Posted April 6, 2003 > Ack! How scary. I am hearing that is spreads like a cold they > think, and that they are thinking it is one of the cold virus > strains. Yikes. What is going on there to protect people? The info coming from the health departments is that you can only contract it if you are in close sustained contact with someone carrying the virus. They say it's much harder to catch than a cold. So far, the cases can be tracked back, all of them, to the hospital which treated patient zero. To protect people? Mandatory quarantine of all people, including health care workers, who have been in contact with cases or suspected cases of SARS. Many people in Toronto's major metro are wearing protective masks on the street and any time they come in contact with others. My friend Nesbitt is one of them; he works at MedicAlert AND had that kidney transplant so is on immunosuppressants. An infection could kill him. At our local health clinic last week, ONE nurse was masked. All the others were not. Jacquie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 6, 2003 Report Share Posted April 6, 2003 > Ack! How scary. I am hearing that is spreads like a cold they > think, and that they are thinking it is one of the cold virus > strains. Yikes. What is going on there to protect people? The info coming from the health departments is that you can only contract it if you are in close sustained contact with someone carrying the virus. They say it's much harder to catch than a cold. So far, the cases can be tracked back, all of them, to the hospital which treated patient zero. To protect people? Mandatory quarantine of all people, including health care workers, who have been in contact with cases or suspected cases of SARS. Many people in Toronto's major metro are wearing protective masks on the street and any time they come in contact with others. My friend Nesbitt is one of them; he works at MedicAlert AND had that kidney transplant so is on immunosuppressants. An infection could kill him. At our local health clinic last week, ONE nurse was masked. All the others were not. Jacquie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 6, 2003 Report Share Posted April 6, 2003 > Ack! How scary. I am hearing that is spreads like a cold they > think, and that they are thinking it is one of the cold virus > strains. Yikes. What is going on there to protect people? The info coming from the health departments is that you can only contract it if you are in close sustained contact with someone carrying the virus. They say it's much harder to catch than a cold. So far, the cases can be tracked back, all of them, to the hospital which treated patient zero. To protect people? Mandatory quarantine of all people, including health care workers, who have been in contact with cases or suspected cases of SARS. Many people in Toronto's major metro are wearing protective masks on the street and any time they come in contact with others. My friend Nesbitt is one of them; he works at MedicAlert AND had that kidney transplant so is on immunosuppressants. An infection could kill him. At our local health clinic last week, ONE nurse was masked. All the others were not. Jacquie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 7, 2003 Report Share Posted April 7, 2003 Hope everyone is better soon. Sissi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 7, 2003 Report Share Posted April 7, 2003 Hope everyone is better soon. Sissi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 7, 2003 Report Share Posted April 7, 2003 > I truly hope, though, the next virus we get in this house is ICK and not > SARS. > > The virus has claimed a victim less than an hour from our house. That's scary. This SARS thing reminds me of King's The Stand -- just a little slower -- so far. Sissi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 7, 2003 Report Share Posted April 7, 2003 > I truly hope, though, the next virus we get in this house is ICK and not > SARS. > > The virus has claimed a victim less than an hour from our house. That's scary. This SARS thing reminds me of King's The Stand -- just a little slower -- so far. Sissi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 7, 2003 Report Share Posted April 7, 2003 > I truly hope, though, the next virus we get in this house is ICK and not > SARS. > > The virus has claimed a victim less than an hour from our house. That's scary. This SARS thing reminds me of King's The Stand -- just a little slower -- so far. Sissi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 7, 2003 Report Share Posted April 7, 2003 Ugh. Is everyone home? Jacquie H Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 7, 2003 Report Share Posted April 7, 2003 > Ugh. Is everyone home? > JJ is sick, Gail has a cough, is not sick yet, and they WILL go to school unless they have a fever. If then have a fever than I can't send them or they would be sent back. is borderline, but I am thinking he is going to school tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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