SARS

[bumcheekcity]

I'm suprised there isnt a topic about this already, but is anyone worried about SARS? (Severe Acute Respiritory Syndrome) It is potentially fatal but can be cured if caught in time? Are you worried about this in the States or not?

[TheEvilOne]

As usual, the media is overreacting. I can't say I'm too worried about a disease that thus far has only 4,000 reported cases worldwide and only about a 4% fatality rate.

If the disease continues to spread, and gets to be a problem here in the States, I might be a little worried, but it has by no means reached epidemic proportions yet. Should something be done to stop the spread of the disease? Yes. Am I worried? No.

[karasz]

if it were more fatal people would be more scared...

but like for most things in america... until the body bags start piling up nobody will give a fuck..

[Alejandro1]

Right now, I'm not too woried about the SARS epidemic, but I may start to worry if it hits the states hard.

My mom is supposed to fly out to Toronto on business; she doesnt want to because that is like the epicenter for SARS on the Western Hemisphere.

[JudgeDredd]

"Sars virus attacks state control of the news"

Just to clarify, currently THERE IS NO CURE, IT IS MUTATING, IT WILL GET STRONGER, ITS KILLING ABOUT 5% (and i've heard no talk yet of that magical word "ANTI-BODY")

..as for the political ramifications; world tourism, world trade, racism, discrimination, isolation, draconian punitive measures, leading to ressesion, crime, poverty, fright, flight, and you guessed it.. (downward spiral)

I'm convinced it's here to stay koz it's a effectively a virulent cold virus - but the attitude is; Well it's only killing the poor, the old, the vulnerable, the young, or "those dumb foreigners" ..similar was the attitude towards AIDS.

maybe it will actually kill all the world's BLASÉ ppl? let's hope so!

[Ted-Easton]

Don't worry about anyone travelling to Toronto.
There have been 139 cases of SARS in the entire Greater Toronto Area, an area of more than 3,000,000 (3 million) people. The area covers some several thousand square kilometres, and each and every person who has even come into breif contact with an infected person is quarantined in hospital or in home.
There is little chance of contracting it.
And little chance of fatality.

OGM WERE ALL DED

[RandomFreak]

Yeah the media is going all out, they always do, the American media thrives on fear, so no I'm not worried.

[Wakka-Look-Alike]

SARS is a big load of crap. Its EXACTLY like a cold, the only reason you got is becuase you were stupid enough to do something that will get you sick with whatever.

[bumcheekcity]

At 4/26/03 02:08 AM, Wakka-Look-Alike wrote: SARS is a big load of crap. Its EXACTLY like a cold, the only reason you got is becuase you were stupid enough to do something that will get you sick with whatever.

EXACTLY like a cold? Nobody has ever died from a cold have they?

[Jimsween]

At 4/26/03 06:06 AM, bumcheekcity wrote:

EXACTLY like a cold? Nobody has ever died from a cold have they?

People with aids have, insomniacs have. But I think what your trying to say is that a cold isnt as dangerous.

[D2Kvirus]

So far, no. For a disease that has a fatality rate of about 4%, why should I be worried about a potential outbreak? It's hardly Ebola, Black Death or Spanish Flu, so it's just the latest fearmongering tool.

Worse still, there's this worry about it, yet on Wednesday it was casually reported that, oh yes, 3000 children die of Malaria each year in Africa. Why not worry about that?

[Jimsween]

At 4/26/03 10:09 AM, D2KVirus wrote: So far, no. For a disease that has a fatality rate of about 4%, why should I be worried about a potential outbreak? It's hardly Ebola, Black Death or Spanish Flu, so it's just the latest fearmongering tool.

Worse still, there's this worry about it, yet on Wednesday it was casually reported that, oh yes, 3000 children die of Malaria each year in Africa. Why not worry about that?

Because they would have died of starvation anyways, they need a war on terrorism in Africa.

[FUNKbrs]

At 4/26/03 06:06 AM, bumcheekcity wrote:

At 4/26/03 02:08 AM, Wakka-Look-Alike wrote: SARS is a big load of crap. Its EXACTLY like a cold, the only reason you got is becuase you were stupid enough to do something that will get you sick with whatever.

EXACTLY like a cold? Nobody has ever died from a cold have they?

I would say more like a really bad flu, and old people and babies die of the flu all the time, though mainly in less developed nations, such as, I dont know, maybe china? 5% is really bad for the flu, but its still no yellow fever.

[mrpopenfresh]

actually there is already a topic on sars. This is what i wrote in it;Im from canada and im more scared of getting AIDS or HIV than getting SARS. Though it is a problem, the media has once again over-inflated the severity of this, kinda like the west-nile virus or the anthrax "scare" after 9-11. Do you really want to know how mediated this is? If your look at the name, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, Severe and Acute are synonyms. But if there synonyms how come there both there you ask? Simple SARS sounds alot better rthan SRS or ARS. check out my hedgehog;

[bumcheekcity]

At 4/26/03 02:01 PM, mrpopenfresh wrote: Check out my hedgehog;

Why the hell did you post that? This is a topic for SARS.

[JudgeDredd]

At 4/26/03 10:09 AM, D2KVirus wrote:
Worse still, there's this worry about it, yet on Wednesday it was casually reported that, oh yes, 3000 children die of Malaria each year in Africa. Why not worry about that?

Worse still, it was 3,000 children PER DAY, or over 1 MILLION per year. They said that current anti-malarial medicine isn't working against stronger strains, but malaria is spread by mosquitos, not by humans.

That's why Aids and Sars are getting more of the worlds attention. And Sars is NEW and spread to 26 countries in just a few weeks, so that's something to keep in mind as the death rate from Sars continues to increase over the next few years....?!..??!..!!!

[FUNKbrs]

At 4/26/03 10:33 PM, Judge_DREDD wrote:
Worse still, it was 3,000 children PER DAY, or over 1 MILLION per year. They said that current anti-malarial medicine isn't working against stronger strains, but malaria is spread by mosquitos, not by humans.

That's why Aids and Sars are getting more of the worlds attention. And Sars is NEW and spread to 26 countries in just a few weeks, so that's something to keep in mind as the death rate from Sars continues to increase over the next few years....?!..??!..!!!

I think we can all agree that the media will only tell us what it can sell us. (Im a poet and I know it, Ill make a rhyme every time 8 P)

[Ninja-Scientist]

Hmm. I'm not sure why this is in the Politics section, but I guess it doesn't matter.

Anyway, I talked to my Mom about SARS the other day (she's an RN, Registered Nurse) and she told me that the threat is pretty exagerated. The disease mostly kills just the old, very young, or those with weak immune systems. Which is basically the same as a really bad flu going around.

Also, she said those masks (like shown in that pic) actually don't work. They stop protecting you from disease after about 30 minutes due to becoming damp from your body's natural respiration.

Anyway, that's the information I've gotten out of her. Hope it helps.

[JudgeDredd]

it's in the polly section koz they just shut down all theatres and internet cafes in Beijing... (difficult to disinfect is the excuse ;)

How about the Asian country now refusing entry of passengers from Toronto? These are major some issues..

** Laughs Out Loud **

** decides laughing is a public danger **

** decides breathing is a health risk **

[bumcheekcity]

At 4/27/03 01:03 PM, 13TOTENKOPF wrote: over 40000 people on korea was attacked by SARS.SARS is some kind viruses to attack human body.That all I know.I see on tv.tv(terroris vision).

We all know that. People have already posted, some with intelligble information, you know.

[D2Kvirus]

Just to warn you, the questions of "Where did SARS originate from?" have begun to surface. Naturally, it originated just like all these other "superbugs": In a lab somehwere in Maryland...

[akal]

At 4/28/03 02:45 PM, D2KVirus wrote: Just to warn you, the questions of "Where did SARS originate from?" have begun to surface. Naturally, it originated just like all these other "superbugs": In a lab somehwere in Maryland...

According to a newspaper that I read sars came from chickens

[lapslf]

SARS = Stupid Action by Rice-eating Suckers

[cylon]

I'm not too worried. It seems to be contained in Toronto and elsewhere. If it starts spreading again, especially around Toronto I'll begin to get worried.

[karasz]

well kids, we may be forgetting something... more people have died of pneumonia since the SARS talk started than SARS itself...

its no different than the spanish flu... from back in ww1... takes out the old and young...

[D2Kvirus]

Anyone else find it kinda funny (in a sick way) that more people die of 'flu every year than SARS, yet if you phone in sick you get treated like a whining kid, and expected back within a couple of days? Now, ring up and say you have a slight case of SARS, and you're guaranteed at least a month free to do whatever you want, such as reading on the front page of the Daily Telegraph that SARS was first found in a shoe box in a bombed-out office in Umm-Qasr.

Anyone care to tell me how a building can be destroyed, yet a shoebox with a piece of paper saying George Galloway is in the pay of Saddam (Basra, see another post), or al-Qu'ida (JAND CAN'T YOU ALL AGREE ON ONE FUCKING SPELLING OF IT BY NOW?!?) being linked to Saddam's regeime (Bagdhad), despite having vastly conflicting beliefs and cultures, or the fact the regeime of Saddam and al-WHATEVER were opposed?

[KWAS71KCK]

why worry about SARS. the world health org are panic freaks. besides we are all going to die eventually

[Lord-Miroku-Sama]

There have now been three cases reported near where I live :(

[AngryArab]

a gene mutated and look what happened, aids was a mutation. look where that got us.

[D2Kvirus]

As Armando Iannucci put it: "Don't 'severe' and 'accute' mean the exact same thing? Isn't it called that just so it won't be referred to as 'ARS' on the news?"