Catmandu
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Re: Re: Sars
*folds hands against her heart* I'll be praying hard for you Freakylove and everyone. This shall end soon we hope and thanks so much for sharing the information with us. It is very interesting. We'll take extra cautions ourselves for sure.
~HUUUUGS~
Originally posted by Freaky
SARS is not similar to anthrax at all. SARS is Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, abbreviated as SARS. It started in Asia yes and spread to Canada, especially in the Greater Toronto Area in Ontario, Canada. How it spread in Toronto? We have a Chinatown in Toronto and a lot of Asians flew in to Lester B Airport which is an international airport and a lot of tourists do need to connect to other flights in Toronto. It was suspected that SARS originated in Asia then spread to Toronto by Chinatown and it spread into the Greater Toronto Area. So far, we have 21 deaths in Canada. Asia's Health Minister has been fired because facts were hidden and the full numbers were not told. Asia's Health Minister told only 1/3 of the number of the death toll when we later learned there was more deaths. A lot more in Asia. You can read more about it in a website and in my humble opinion as a Canadian, I strongly feel that the World Health Organization's act of imposing a health advisory on Toronto is unfair. We are already suffering economically, this is much worse than post 9/11. The WHO is advising tourists not to go through Toronto at any costs and not to fly in to Toronto until the SARS scare dies down. The SARS scare has truly died down over 4 weeks ago. We averaged 17 deaths a day back then and now we only average 3 deaths a day. We have truly taken drastic measures to control this SARS health crisis.
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/sars/
Do take safety precautions and protect yourself and your loved ones from SARS.
*folds hands against her heart* I'll be praying hard for you Freakylove and everyone. This shall end soon we hope and thanks so much for sharing the information with us. It is very interesting. We'll take extra cautions ourselves for sure.
~HUUUUGS~