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SARS LIKELY SPREAD THROUGH HONG KONG APARTMENT'S SEWAGE PIPES
Canadian Press ^
| Thursday, April 17, 2003
| MIN LEE
Posted on 04/17/2003 6:10:23 AM PDT by 11th_VA
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Your mother was right, wash your hands ...
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posted on
04/17/2003 6:10:24 AM PDT
by
11th_VA
To: 11th_VA
And don't let your pets do this ...
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posted on
04/17/2003 6:16:36 AM PDT
by
11th_VA
(Let's Roll)
To: 11th_VA
Thank you, China, for covering this up for more than three months.
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posted on
04/17/2003 6:20:09 AM PDT
by
Cicero
(Marcus Tullius)
To: 11th_VA
Rats and cockroaches also may have spread SARS, but only incidentally after they picked it up around the apartments, Yeoh told a news conference. Sounds like a nice, upscale building (/sarcasm)
We'd better not have an outbreak in our inner-city "project" buildings
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posted on
04/17/2003 6:20:15 AM PDT
by
SauronOfMordor
(Heavily armed, easily bored, and off my medication)
To: 11th_VA
but its a never ending bowl of ice cold water!
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posted on
04/17/2003 6:20:23 AM PDT
by
boxerblues
(God bless the 101st and keep them safe)
To: Cicero
Thank you, China, for covering this up for more than three months. I don't think the 'Gay Pride' community is gonna wanna let this one out either ...
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posted on
04/17/2003 6:35:43 AM PDT
by
11th_VA
(Let's Roll)
To: 11th_VA
Can upper respiratory tract viruses be spread through contact wirth feces? I didn't even know virus was shed in the feces.
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posted on
04/17/2003 6:37:08 AM PDT
by
mewzilla
To: mewzilla
Certainly. The Hantavirus, also an upper respiratory virus, can be spread through dried feces of field mice.
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posted on
04/17/2003 6:40:51 AM PDT
by
TheBigB
(**FOX NEWS ALERT Saddam Hussein is dead. Unless he's alive. THIS HAS BEEN A FOX NEWS ALERT**)
To: TheBigB
Thanks for the info. I'd forgotten about Hanta. So in addition to washing one's hands frequently, it's probably also a good idea to drop the lid before you flush.
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posted on
04/17/2003 6:43:00 AM PDT
by
mewzilla
To: mewzilla
Given the common sexual practices of today, you may want to re-think your question....oral, anal sexual contact is the route for this disease.......
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posted on
04/17/2003 6:51:07 AM PDT
by
thinking
To: 11th_VA
How did you teach your dog not to throw up on the carpet after a hard night partying, anyway?
To: 11th_VA
The CDC reported 149 cases in the U.S. on 7 Apr.
199 cases were reported on 15 Apr.
This is the first week the cases have not doubled since the CDC started tracking SARS in the U.S. This is a good sign, imo.
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posted on
04/17/2003 6:59:26 AM PDT
by
honway
To: mewzilla
Of course. There are *lots* of viruses that are shed in feces. People occasionally get polio from contact with diapers of recently-vaccinated infants. Hepatitis of various sorts is passed in feces.
To: 11th_VA
it apparently moved up through people's bathroom drains when U-shaped water seals dried outThat would only happen if no one was using the plumbing fixture for a considerable length of time. Hong Kong is not in the Sahara.
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posted on
04/17/2003 7:07:23 AM PDT
by
per loin
To: honway
199 "suspected" cases. Ive seen reports that the US has been using looser standards for definition, so as not to miss any. Later this week, when standards are tightened, I expect there to be no more than 40-50 actual SARS cases verified here in the States.
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posted on
04/17/2003 7:23:01 AM PDT
by
TheBigB
(**FOX NEWS ALERT Saddam Hussein is dead. Unless he's alive. THIS HAS BEEN A FOX NEWS ALERT**)
To: TheBigB
I expect there to be no more than 40-50 actual SARS cases verified here in the States. Even better news. Thanks.
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posted on
04/17/2003 7:55:52 AM PDT
by
honway
To: mewzilla; Mother Abigail; CathyRyan; Dog Gone; Petronski; per loin; EternalHope; Domestic Church; ..
Unfortunately, many toilets (including those in the building where I work) don't have lids any more.
To: honway
Note that the story says no airborne transmission.
To: aristeides
You really have to wonder about that. I really appreciate the faucets and driers that run on sensors so you don't have to touch anything. Doors that you can push open upon leaving so you don't have to touch a handle. You'd think that when these areas are designed, public health needs would be taken into account. Sigh.
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posted on
04/17/2003 8:49:32 AM PDT
by
mewzilla
To: TheBigB
Actually, it's deer mice out here.
The rule is: don't breath dried deer mouse urine.
That's not as easy as it seems when the mice urinate in woodpiles, grass piles, dirtpiles, gardens, lawns, haylofts, etc. One just sprays everything with water and Chlorox before cleaning.
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posted on
04/17/2003 8:50:26 AM PDT
by
Doctor Stochastic
(Vegetabilisch = chaotisch is der Charakter der Modernen. - Friedrich Schlegel)
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