Posted on 04/18/2003 11:35:09 AM PDT by ex-Texan
I would be too - were it NOT for outside medical personnel no in-country to observe and report on it.
It's not unhealthy to have skepticism about their reporting - they've already admitted to some foot-dragging on regarding reporting SARS!
Ofcourse, we don't know if she simply screwed up somewhere along the way and won't confess. Now, goggles are required for HCP caring for SARS patients.
The Associated Press,
WFLS News
(Richmond-AP) -- State health officials say another Virginian may be sick with severe acute respiratory syndrome, or SARS.
A woman in the Hanover Health District is suspected of having the illness. The health district is comprised of Hanover, New Kent, Charles City and Goochland counties.
That brings to six the current number of suspected SARS cases in the state. The number fluctuates as health officials identify new cases, or rule out others.
This latest case was reported to state health officials on Wednesday. No further details were released.
SARS has killed more than 170 people and sickened three-thousand worldwide.
http://fredericksburg.com/News/FLS/2003/042003/04182003/1050696837
What's not to trust?
Seriously, see the previous response to another poster above ...
There are other medical personnel there to observe now (NOT that they are *entirely* trustworthy either) PLUS we're working on it now (in this hemispere) and I'm *sure* they would hate to be 'shown up' working for a cure/coming up with the specifics of how this bug spreads and propagates ...
OTHERS have pointed out the weakness that poor hygene gives to these viral agents - and I think the populace is now 'scared' enough to start taking sneezing in public and other 'risky health practices' a little more seriously.
Yes, there's some reason to believe that Hong Kong is getting it under control.
On the other hand, we saw a similar, but much deeper trough after the Amoy Garden bulge. Also, fewer health care workers are being infected, so I'd suspect that what we are seeing are community or background cases. Further, there apears to be an average gap of about a week between onset of SARS and hospitalization.
So there's reason for hope, but it's much too soon to cheer.
" HONG KONG (AFP) - China's new president ordered health officials to stop covering up the SARS epidemic, amid reports of hundreds of hidden cases on the mainland and four more deaths in Hong Kong. .... ...."
My sister-in-law
workers for a giant business
in Seattle. (Not
Microsoft.) Last week
they had a big conference
with attendance from
all over the globe.
Today, my sister-in-law,
my brother, and more
than half a dozen
others from the gathering
are home, very sick,
complaining of flu.
(My brother's temperature
was 101 plus
the last time we talked.)
Just from people I've talked to,
this thing is bad. Bad.
My brother has a
regular doctor's visit
for early next week.
Even with the high
fever, he's trying to not
go to an ER.
He's assuming he
just has a bad flu. (I'm scared,
however, because
he says along with
the high fever, his back hurts
pretty bad. [?]) He wants
to struggle along
until his regular trip
next week to his doc.
(I told him to go
NOW, but, [sigh], older brothers
always know what's best...)
We're all terrified
that his wife's company held
a global meeting
in this health context,
and we're equally frightened
that, apparently,
nobody there's linked
the "flu" outbreak to something
bigger. We're hoping
for the best. (They have
a great hospital nearby.)
It's all we can do.
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