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"It is clear that health policy is now being dictated by political, rather than medical, concerns."

OK, where do you get that from? There hasn't been a single new case outside healthcare workers in 20 days. To all appearances the outbreak is now fully under control, so why should the travel advisory stay in effect?

I went into Toronto Friday night. Didn't see a single person wearing a mask, nor was I in fear.

I'll agree it appears our system initially failed, although I'm not convinced anyplace else handled it much better, until the outbreak in Toronto gave everyplace else an example of how virulent this is. The impression I get is that most western countries have not been taking infectious diseases very seriously up until now. If somebody has some facts to prove me wrong, please provide them.

[travelnurse]

Right from the start, Toronto hospitals and medical staff were NOT using the proper protective respirator masks. They were using those flimsy masks that don't filter out microorganisms. Is it any wonder all the health care workers were coming down sick with Sars? The Ontario Nurses Assn. complained right from the beginning that the nursing staff did not have the proper protective gear to protect them from contracting the infection. The hospital was rationing the proper masks out because they were too cheap to purchase the proper propective respirators to protect the staff. So much for socialized medicine. You get what you pay for. Is it any wonder nurses are quitting in droves in Canada hospitals and coming to the states to work?