X-Message-Number: 21420 Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2003 14:13:34 -0700 Subject: SARS contagion (was URGENT HEALTH WARNING) References: <> From: (Tim Freeman) Mike Darwin said in Cryonet message 21416: >2) SARS is *extremely* infectious; those physicians treating it in Hong Kong >report that it is about as infectious as influenza. In contrast, http://www.rferl.org/nca/features/2003/03/18032003162937.asp quotes Iain Simpson of the World Health Organization's communicable disease section as saying: >"It's not clear how contagious this infection is. What is clear is >that this is not like the flu, where you can just pick it up by being >in a room with someone or by being on a bus with someone. To catch >this infection, it's quite clear that you have to have close contact >with someone who is infected and that, even then, you won't >necessarily become sick yourself," Simpson said, adding, "This is >nowhere near as infectious as a cold." -- Tim Freeman Which is worse: ignorance or apathy? Who knows? Who cares? GPG public key fingerprint ECDF 46F8 3B80 BB9E 575D 7180 76DF FE00 34B1 5C78 Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=21420