I haven't really read up on the Swine Flu. But is it more lethal than SARS? Cause SARS wasn't really lethal unless you had a weak immune system like kids or older people.

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Originally posted by Invasionmix I haven't really read up on the Swine Flu. But is it more lethal than SARS? Cause SARS wasn't really lethal unless you had a weak immune system like kids or older people.

the symptoms resemble a mild case of flu apparantelly
none of Nova Scotia cases were even hospitalized

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Originally posted by Skipper Our workplace has implemented a mandatory work-from-home period for anyone coming back from Mexico. Paid of course. Apparently we took some pretty extreme measures during SARS too.

So they wasted a bunch of money then too?

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Originally posted by Orko So they wasted a bunch of money then too?

I work at a small shop, we could be completely crippled if someone was infected.

Workers were moved to offsite locations, some worked from home. There was car pooling/rentals to discourage public transit as well.

Well that is exactly it. As a risk management strategy, you have to see what costs are associated with mitigating that risk, and what costs are associated with taking on that risk. IMO the risk of SARS was very low, but the fear was very high; a lot of organizations ended up wasting a lot of money by taking precautions that were not really needed. Moving people around, and creating inefficiencies probably could have been avoided for SARS. People freaked out over West Nile in a similar fashion, to no real use. I am going to go out in a limb here, and say the same for swine flu, but only time will tell.

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but if there are serious illnesses or deaths, and health authorities did nothing, we'd be calling for their heads.

damned if you do, damned if you don't.

I say we defer to the experts and let them do their job instead of second guessing them.

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Originally posted by MarkT but if there are serious illnesses or deaths, and health authorities did nothing, we'd be calling for their heads. damned if you do, damned if you don't. I say we defer to the experts and let them do their job instead of second guessing them.

That is a terrible way to live. How often do 'experts' get it wrong? Heads should role in both cases, wasting money, and not doing their job. If we followed this logic, we would end with...wait...our government! Oh god, the nightmares have come true.

Yes, experts have their place, and we should have faith in them, but they should also be held to some sort of performance goals. Systems cannot be run with the 'just in case' mentality.

Remember that in cases like this, a lot of the information does not even come from experts that we pay (government officials/scientists), it comes from the media, who are paid to comment, and not protect.

All I am saying is that you should actively question the information that you are given.