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SARS, A serious threat?
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| nrjizer |
| naw, Id have a better chance of getting cancer or crunched in a car wreck or something than dying from that. The media just likes to sensationalize everything they get their hands on. And we will probably find a vaccine/treatment soon enough anyways. |
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| King_Mack |
SARS is spreading quick in toronto, and its causing Chaos. Several bouncers at nightclubs were wearing masks :(
I just hope this gets resolved soon and the upcoming PVD show doesnt get cancelled |
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| Shudder |
probably the next aids if it doesn't have a cure soon. my parents live in hong kong so i pray to god that nothing will happen to them. the city seems to have the SARS spreading like wildfire.
I'm quite scared myself. |
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| mikefasssy |
hahah its kinda freaky cause I JUST WATCHED 12 monkeys in which a virus wipes out 5.5 billion people.
hahaha.
w/e if I'm gonna die from sars, I'm running to the biggest building in vancity and throwing myself off, a much nicer way to die i htink. |
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| Photo_bot_2k1 |
"So far, there have been 487 cases outside China and 18 deaths. "
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"The mortality rate for the illness is approximately 4% - higher than many respiratory infections."
those pretty much answer the question of weather its a threat or not
first of all there lets say theres a million people in your area (gross underestimation) so far the chances for u to get the disease is....0.0487%
then only 4% die...
so yoru chances of dying are......0.001948%
your chances of going blind from laser eye surgery are like 1%
and im not sure about this but i think your chances of falling down stairs and dying are higher
soooo yeah
ill sars ur mom |
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| mmilo |
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soooo yeah
ill sars ur mom
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as low as the stats are, people have still died from this.
....and yea....i just hope ppl back home will b fine from that, cuz so many cases of it have appeared within a 10-15min drive radius from where i live ...
...plus, there's a chance it could spread here to ottawa too =/ |
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| Prototrance |
Epidemiologically it could be a huge threat as it is mutanagenic. It has become a pandemic (across continents). It appears to be highly adaptable, meaning a cure could be difficult.
But saying that, we are getting somewhere in halting its progress before a certain stage.
Two things are key to stopping the disease now:-
-Control of those that are infected
-Figuring out the disease's specific aetiology.
Sorry about the big words, I have done a lot of geographical epidemiology in my degree. |
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| fr0st |
| quote: | Originally posted by Photo_bot_2k1
"So far, there have been 487 cases outside China and 18 deaths. "
and
"The mortality rate for the illness is approximately 4% - higher than many respiratory infections."
those pretty much answer the question of weather its a threat or not
first of all there lets say theres a million people in your area (gross underestimation) so far the chances for u to get the disease is....0.0487%
then only 4% die...
so yoru chances of dying are......0.001948%
your chances of going blind from laser eye surgery are like 1%
and im not sure about this but i think your chances of falling down stairs and dying are higher
soooo yeah
ill sars ur mom |
Umm this is worse than the disease that killed more than 40million in the early 1900's.....I guess if you dont find that serious thats cool.....but 40million is a lot of people. |
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| butterfly |
| quote: | Originally posted by nrjizer
naw, Id have a better chance of getting cancer or crunched in a car wreck or something than dying from that. The media just likes to sensationalize everything they get their hands on. And we will probably find a vaccine/treatment soon enough anyways. |
i think you are underestimating the time it takes to develop vaccines (if it is even possible). |
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| occrider |
| quote: | Originally posted by fr0st
Umm this is worse than the disease that killed more than 40million in the early 1900's.....I guess if you dont find that serious thats cool.....but 40million is a lot of people. |
The mortality rate is equivocal however the infection rate for the spanish influenza was 28% as opposed to the ridiculously low rate of this disease. Also the influenza killed 25-35 million people in 1918 alone ... I fail to see how this disease is worse. |
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| fr0st |
| quote: | Originally posted by occrider
The mortality rate is equivocal however the infection rate for the spanish influenza was 28% as opposed to the ridiculously low rate of this disease. Also the influenza killed 25-35 million people in 1918 alone ... I fail to see how this disease is worse. |
yeah sorry bout the inaccuracy i meant similar..... |
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