|
From Globe and Mail:
SARS Hits North York
Arthur M. Stein
The Ontario Ministry of Health has now reported up to 133 additional suspect cases of SARS in the GTA. The source has been traced to a public washroom in the Yorkdale mall, and the spread was caused by a 52-year-old man who was supposed to have been quarrantined.
"We didn't expect anyone to be this careless." said Ministry of Health official Robert Poule. "Even if we had expected people to break their quarrantines, there wasn't legally anything we could do until the sickness was clinically proven."
Reacting to this unexpected turn of events, the Ministry has ordered all businesses and schools to be shut down as of tomorrow, until the following Monday when probable cases could be identified. "People may think we are overreacting, but we don't know how many people might already have this bug and we are acting in the best interests of the public."
Officials are still trying to work out from security tapes who may have been exposed to the infection. It is estimated that anywhere between 84 and 133 people used the washroom and may have caught the bug from seats or faucets.
Additionally, Toronto airports have temporarily suspended all outgoing and several incoming flights. Administration says that they will resume normal operation when they are certain that nobody exposed to the recent outbreak is scheduled for travel. "Many American airports have already stated that they will not be allowing flights to or from Toronto for at least 21 days. We don't think that it's necessary for them to wait so long, but they are understandably very worried about a possible epidemic."
All residents of Toronto are urged to stay home for at least 10 days, which is the estimated maximum incubation period of SARS.
(just kidding!)
___________________
My party schedule:
2009-02-21 - DJ Attention @ I'm So Popular
2009-06-18 - DJ Annoying @ People Need To Know Where I'll Be
2012-11-32 - DJ Insufferable ɸ Or At Least the Stalkers I Complain About
2048-06-66 - Spastic & Whocares ¶ Although I'm Actually Flattered
9999-45-81 - Tweaker Gimp ☼ I Probably Won't Even Go To This But I Have To Make Sure I Fill Up All The Available Space Here
|