Guest guest Posted April 23, 2003 Report Share Posted April 23, 2003 How about the death rate? Do you know if the statistics are correct or underreported? Man, as if there weren't enough to worry about .......... on 4/22/2003 9:30 PM, Suzanne Cart at massuz@... wrote: > I bring this up only because I know several of us have been following the SARs > story more out of curiousity than fear. My husband was supposed to be in > Beijing right now. Things got a little crazy stateside, so our business > partner went on to China without my husband. While our partner was in > Beijing, the news broke that cases of SARs had been grossly under reported in > that city. He said THAT was obvious the moment he got to town. He only > stayed long enough to handle a minimal amount of business, then flew home as > soon as he could. He arrived back in CA tonight, and is VERY glad to be home. > He said the situation in Beijing is quite scarey, and that everyone he talked > to knew someone who is sick with it. Apparently he heard some pretty horrible > stories. > > We were kidding tonight when we asked him over the phone to quarantine himself > for ten days, but he volunteered to do so and was totally serious. This from > a guy who usually doesn't worry ENOUGH. > > Suz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 24, 2003 Report Share Posted April 24, 2003 Suz, I think it is commendable that your friend offered to quarantine himself. I have been appalled at parents who take their obviously sick children to stores and homes with other children. I observed this while raising my own children and more recently with my grandchildren. My daughter's neighbor took her son with a fever to go shopping for no other reason than she did not choose to be confined that day. Heroic efforts to show up at work when sick can actually be detrimental to the entire work force. True, some childhood and adult illnesses are not critical; however, they can be critical to some children or those with lowered immune systems. Lucy > We were kidding tonight when we asked him over the phone to quarantine himself for ten days, but he volunteered to do so and was totally serious. This from a guy who usually doesn't worry ENOUGH. > > Suz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 24, 2003 Report Share Posted April 24, 2003 > On 24 Apr 2003, Suzanne Cart wrote: > > Some years back I was singing with the Shaw chorale > in Atlanta.... Suz, I own almost every CD cut by the Shaw chorale! Anybody who sings with the Chorale knows how to sing up a storm of crowd-pleasing melodic euphonic hits! -- Warren Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 23, 2003 Report Share Posted May 23, 2003 From: " Suzanne Cart " <massuz@c...> Date: Thu Apr 24, 2003 4:32 pm Subject: (off topic) SARS Lucy, you bring up a good point. We Americans like to think it's virtuous to keep on going when we're sick, and usually don't consider what effect our stoicism has on others. There's always a special award at the end of the school year for " perfect attendance. " Maybe you've seen the recent cold pill commerical that takes place in a discount department store, wherein the " Employee of the Month...again " is cheerfully going about her job with a headcold. It's bad enough that some of these illnesses are communicable before you realize you're sick. Some years back I was singing with the Shaw chorale in Atlanta. I remember the time when one alto showed up for rehearsal with a nasty cold. She was sooo terrified of missing a rehearsal. Shaw had strict rules about how many rehearsals you could miss, and she wasn't so strong of a musician that he'd have bent the rules for her. By the time of our performance, the whole alto line was practically missing from Poulenc's Gloria. They were ALL sick. If anybody got sick, there was a certain physician we were supposed to see who would prescribe an artillery of drugs to get us singing again. Only in America. Hi All, Have a look at the below site then, please. http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/05/23/1053585705904.html Cheers, Al. Alan Pater, Ph.D.; Faculty of Medicine; Memorial University; St. 's, NL A1B 3V6 Canada; Tel. No.: (709) 777-6488; Fax No.: (709) 777-7010; email: apater@... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 23, 2003 Report Share Posted May 23, 2003 Front page story today in the Washington Post reports that SARs now threatens to spiral out of control in Taiwan, although there had been previous reports that it was under control. 65 new cases reported yesterday - a one day record, and 55 today. Officials are also investigating almost 1000 suspected cases. on 5/23/2003 1:05 PM, Alan Pater at apater@... wrote: > Hi All, > > Have a look at the below site then, please. > > http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/05/23/1053585705904.html > > Cheers, Al. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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