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SARS Contained
The World Health Organization has declared that SARS is contained, for now. Toronto has engaged in extensive analysis of the outbreak there, leading to a number of interesting and in-depth stories about the progression of the disease.
You should be more terrified of the flu, since the flu kills about a thousand times more people in a year than this stupid SARS virus did. For crying out loud, you had a greater chance of dying by slipping in your bathtub. Even in China.
You can tell a great deal about the character of a man by observing those who hate him.
I spent one day in Hong Kong recently. What I noticed was that the only people wearing masks, seemed to be shop assistants and some airport security. I guess that is to make the partrons feel better. I guess the every people in Hong Kong are not so worried these days. Would that be fair to say?
I guess the every people in Hong Kong are not so worried these days. Would that be fair to say?
Very true. Although there are lots of uncertainty about SARS but after the disaster we've confidence in facing it again.
The high casualty is due to the infficiency of our local Government and their lack of risk awareness(which anger a lot of people and triggered a mass protest of the centaury). Fortunately for us we've a lot of brave people who are willingly to risk their live to take the most dangerous and dirty job and nobody(but the governer) retreat. We're really proud of them.
Yes, airborne -- sputum, or in Amoy Gardens, from the guy who had diarrhoea and then via the criminally stupid sewage/drainage system there that allowed it to flow back through the drains.
The Government only chose what they want you to believe.
The WHO is subject to political pressure (as when they refused to even talk to Taiwan), but they had a pretty free hand here (as opposed to the Mainland where they tried to hush it up for months).