Posted on 03/29/2003 10:59:57 AM PST by Nov3
Hopefully it won't get bad enough to overwhelm the the hospitals. Oh I think the 4% death rate depends on China accurately reporting the outcomes of their cases. I think that is highly doubtful.
It is killing healthy 30 year old men in hospital enviroments.
What really bothers me about this is that I've got a nasty chest cold right now. Got a little fever, a deep cough, and lots of bad stuff coming up when I cough. No different from the annual cold that I always seem to get, but its bothering me a little more since this SARS outbreak.
If I don't post tomorrow, you'll know what happened. And no, none of you are in my will. :^)
The death rate from this must be wrong due to lack of data from China.
An Israeli virologist has a compound made up of elderberries, which has been proved to be another anti-viral, called Sambucol. I have seen FReepers' comments about Sambucol, that it is terrific in stomping out a cold or flu. I got two bottles on sale lately, and intend to use them if something like this breaks out.
Other than that, I will pray.
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Airframe Selection and Cabin Airflow
AMT service providers should consult manufacturer(s) of their aircraft to identify cabin airflow characteristics, including: HEPA filtration and directional airflow capabilities, air outlet location, presence or absence of air mixing between cockpit and patient-care cabin during flight, and the time and aircraft configuration required to perform a post-mission airing-out of the aircraft.
Aircraft with forward-to-aft cabin airflow (business to coach class) and a separate cockpit cabin are recommended for transport of SARS patients. The flight deck/cockpit crew in aircraft with forward-to-aft cabin airflow and separate patient-care compartment are not required to wear respirators unless they enter the patient-care compartment.
Aft-to-forward cabin airflow (coach to business class) may create a significant risk of airborne transmission to both cabin and flight deck personnel. If an aircraft with aft-to-forward airflow must be used, all personnel on board must wear fit-tested N-95 respirators throughout the flight.
This will seriously degrade transoceanic flight traffic but not address the root cause of the problem. Any passenger on an international flight with airborne disease is a risk well to themselve and others before the considering whether or not the aircraft has the "best" air handling equipment to minimize contamination.
This akin to discussing if a car owner should get their breaks adjusted when one of the passengers has a heart attack. The problem is not the airplane.
The airlines are flying airplanes not airborn hospitals. They never have and in this economic climate they will go out of business long before they ever will.
Yeah, I hate the flu! I'm not really feeling too bad, though a little weak. Hopefully, improvement will start soon. I think I'm at the low point.
Anyway, Just took my asperin and I'm drinking iced tea and lemonade by the gallon. Doubled up the OJ as well. I am also goosing up my vitamin C intake, but only the 250 mg - I'm not a fan of megadoses. Its my non-professional opinion that the folks that benefit the most from megadoses are usually those that sell them (sorry, little extra rant there).
heck, I must be feeling a little better if I can rant again!
Same here; I don't recall it being particularly awful, but then, my whole family took being frequently sick for granted in those years, and I didn't yet know any better when I was a kid.
Now for my standard soapbox rant (directed toward anybody who cares):
People, keep your immune systems strong! If you get colds or flu often (as in annually or more) and describe yourself as "healthy", that should be a BIG clue that you could be a lot healthier!
For starters, eat well! That means cut out whatever junk food you're addicted to, and for God's sake, stay out of all those places that serve fast food! Not only is "fast food" an oxymoron (it may fill you up, but it's crap nutritionally), but those morons they have working in back don't even care if they forget to wash after using the toilet or accidentally sneeze on your so-called "happy meal". Prepare as much of your food as you can yourself, from scratch when possible, using fresh ingredients. Include lots of fresh vegetables and fruits. Drink at least 4x as much water as your next favorite beverage.
If you're reasonably healthy to begin with, it is really not that difficult to become one of the few who don't get colds or flus 90+% of the times they're directly exposed, or have them last less than 2 days in the rare instances that they do get them. The major reason we remain "the few", IMHO, is that "the most" will not do the very simple things that it takes.
I used to have bad hayfever too, for 3 months out of every year, but now I can walk into a cloud of pollen and am not affected by it at all.
Captain Trips.
That certainly is not the case.
Why are you getting the Cornea transplant? I had to have a cornea transplant as the result of a failed Lasik surgery in August 2001. I had just gotten home September 11.
I cannot explain the hay-fever however. I have always had sinus problems, but as I age it seems to get worse. The pine tree pollen is ongoing now. It is so bad that everything turns yellow.
Everything!
Now for my standard soapbox rant (directed toward anybody who cares):
I care!
People, keep your immune systems strong! If you get colds or flu often (as in annually or more) and describe yourself as "healthy", that should be a BIG clue that you could be a lot healthier!
I can tell you with a good deal of certainty that my propensity to catching a cold or the flu rises in direct proportion to the increasingly rare instances when I go out "clubbing". I don't get out much, but I was out last weekend with my freshly divorced friend. Tipped a few cold ones, got a headache. One week later, a nasty cold. Score: Beer - 1, Meyer - 0.
For starters, eat well! That means cut out whatever junk food you're addicted to, and for God's sake, stay out of all those places that serve fast food! Not only is "fast food" an oxymoron (it may fill you up, but it's crap nutritionally), but those morons they have working in back don't even care if they forget to wash after using the toilet or accidentally sneeze on your so-called "happy meal". Prepare as much of your food as you can yourself, from scratch when possible, using fresh ingredients. Include lots of fresh vegetables and fruits. Drink at least 4x as much water as your next favorite beverage.
I second the notion of using fresh foods as much as possible and minimizing the use of fast foods. Whole grains instead of refined flours (which are exceedingly hard to find). Plenty of fruits and veggies. Keep a glass of water handy all the time. Good advice in general.
If you're reasonably healthy to begin with, it is really not that difficult to become one of the few who don't get colds or flus 90+% of the times they're directly exposed, or have them last less than 2 days in the rare instances that they do get them. The major reason we remain "the few", IMHO, is that "the most" will not do the very simple things that it takes.
I don't know what the average is, but I tend to get a cold/flu kind of thing about once every year. Considering that we share phones and computers at work and people come to work sick all of the time, I don't think that's too bad. Still don't like it though. Disrupts everything.
I used to have bad hayfever too, for 3 months out of every year, but now I can walk into a cloud of pollen and am not affected by it at all.
My hay fever has subsided over the years, but I do still carry a very strong allergy to cats - it gives me asthma at times along with the runny nose/watery eyes. I have to limit my time spent with cats and I have to wash my hands every time I touch one.
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