[_Jim]

People in isolation rooms in world class hospitals are infecting the staff who wear respirators, masks eye protection, and suits in negative pressure rooms.

I am going to have to place an account of this type in the 'hearsay' category.

MANY of the staff infected seem to have been infected when these types of procedures hadn't been put in place yet - or were BUT other persons on staff were infected BEFORE full protective methods had been called into play.

[Nov3]

Fair enough, though one article recently stated specifically that 2 people were infected in full gear. One of them had his face mask slip but the other one was reportedly uncompromised.

Let's just look at China. In Bejing - as an aside have you seen a newscast from Bejing recently? My wife remarked thet the Foxnews report on Bejing was broadcast from Hong Kong and I realized I haven't seen a report from Bejing in a week. Reporters have more sense than I give them credit for. Back to to the point at hand. They don't have the facilities we do but these doctors are no doubt fearful of this virus. It has to be a really powerful learning tool watching someone drown in their own fluids. I would assume they are being VERY CAREFUL. Yet they are falling like flies.

It is spreading in at least four hospitals including their supposed flagship hospital causing them to be quarantined. That is just the one's we know about. Taiwan has quarantined one recently and they are not a third world country and by the time it was quarantined the dangers had been well known for weeks. Toronto has had quarantines also, but to be fair that happened before they got their shit together. Now if I had time I would search the dozens of articles on SARS for the infections in the isolation ward but I think the examples given above illustrate the point I was making. This disease is extremely contagious during at least the final stages.

It is not out of control anywhere but China and I believe they are screwed. I don't think a hundred or so deaths could create a panic like they are experiencing especially since the papers print what they are told.

The good news is they have stopped it cold in Toronto (except among health care workers). The number of cases is decreasing in Hong Kong. We can control this thing. The only real danger is China. They have messed up as only a communist country can and created a billion person resevoir for this virus. Hopefully it will burn out there. The truly sad part of this is that this could have been stopped early on and it would have been a footnote.

p.s. I don't think we are doomed but I am paying attention