catbirdseat Posted April 1, 2003 Share Posted April 1, 2003 Severe Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (SARS) is apparently caused by new variant of the corona virus, which a major cause of the common cold. Clearly it is very contagious and spreads just like any other cold. It is only just a matter of time before everyone in this country is exposed to it. I expect to get the disease within a few months, and so will all of you. I sincerely hope we all survive it. With luck, climbers who tend to be in good physical condition will pull through. The flu of 1917-18 however seemed to be indiscriminate in who it felled. Even the young and strong succumbed. I hope it is not like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fejas Posted April 1, 2003 Share Posted April 1, 2003 yeh dude, I think my friend has that man.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobBob Posted April 1, 2003 Share Posted April 1, 2003 It spreads in a more-insidious way, perhaps, than the common cold. Has moved floor-to-floor in an apartment bldg, which suggests aerial transmission, or very easy transmission via doorknobs, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vegetablebelay Posted April 1, 2003 Share Posted April 1, 2003 Well Catturd if you're so sure you're going to get it then time's a wastin'! Get your affairs in order and clean your house! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catbirdseat Posted April 1, 2003 Author Share Posted April 1, 2003 If he has a high fever and trouble breathing then get him to the hospital right away. Has he been overseas (particularly China) or exposed to anyone who has? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catbirdseat Posted April 1, 2003 Author Share Posted April 1, 2003 Dear Veggie person. I only let trask use Catturd. For him it is a term of endearment. To you I'm CBS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winter Posted April 1, 2003 Share Posted April 1, 2003 Corn snow ... dry rock ... plowed roads ... and SARS is bearing down on the PNW. HEAD FOR THE HILLS! Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catbirdseat Posted April 1, 2003 Author Share Posted April 1, 2003 You can run but you cannot hide...The Grim Reaper approacheth. Repent while you still are able. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisT Posted April 1, 2003 Share Posted April 1, 2003 Does anyone happen to know if it's reached Japan? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vegetablebelay Posted April 1, 2003 Share Posted April 1, 2003 Plane Quarantined at San Jose Airport        Tuesday, April 01, 2003  SAN JOSE, Calif. — An American Airlines flight from Tokyo was quarantined on the tarmac Tuesday at San Jose's airport after five people on board complained of symptoms like those reported from the mysterious flu-like illness spreading through Asia, health officials said.    Two passengers and two crew members, plus a fifth unidentified person, complained of symptoms similar to those found in severe acute respiratory syndrome -- which has afflicted hundreds in Hong Kong and killed at least 64 people worldwide.  It was not immediately clear when the people became ill, only that they reported to the crew during the flight that they "think they may have SARS," said Joy Alexiou, a spokeswoman for the Santa Clara County Public Health Department.  Alexiou added that "we're pretty sure four of the five tranferred from Hong Kong to Tokyo."  Flight 128 from Tokyo to Mineta San Jose International Airport stopped on the tarmac short of the gate mid-morning Tuesday, and ambulances lined up near the plane as the 125 passengers and 14 crew members waited on board after the nine-hour flight.  American Airlines notified the airport that help was needed after "the captain was informed of a passenger needing medical assistance," said Todd Burke, a spokesman for the airline.  More than 1,600 cases of the illness have been reported so far worldwide. Officials say it's unclear whether exposure on a flight is sufficient to infect people.  Alexiou said the passengers and crew members who feel sick will be transported to a hospital for chest X-rays and to have their travel history checked before they are classified as suspected cases of SARS.  "This thing seems to spread a little easier than first anticipated, so we want to take every precaution," Alexiou said.  Others on the plane will be given medical advice and allowed to depart -- but told to immediately contact a doctor if they develop any symptoms, she said.  http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,82851,00.html     Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisT Posted April 1, 2003 Share Posted April 1, 2003 thanks V. - that's what I needed to know! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winter Posted April 1, 2003 Share Posted April 1, 2003 catbirdseat said: You can run but you cannot hide...The Grim Reaper approacheth. Repent while you still are able. Â I'm sorry I'm a liberal ... I'm sorry I'm sorry I'm sorry. Hail Bush!! Hail Bush!! To our dictator ... uhhh ... leader!! Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allthumbs Posted April 1, 2003 Share Posted April 1, 2003 Hey, why'd my post get deleated? It wasn't even nasty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisT Posted April 1, 2003 Share Posted April 1, 2003 This will break our airlines just as surely as the freakin' war! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allthumbs Posted April 1, 2003 Share Posted April 1, 2003 know what folks? the world will NEVER be the same. life as we knew it all these years is over. it's the beginning of Armageddon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sexual_chocolate Posted April 1, 2003 Share Posted April 1, 2003 It's been Armageddon since the day you were born, flask. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allthumbs Posted April 1, 2003 Share Posted April 1, 2003 Â sc is too stupid to grab a page top Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iain Posted April 1, 2003 Share Posted April 1, 2003 monitor the sales in facemasks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobBob Posted April 1, 2003 Share Posted April 1, 2003 What the Hell is going on here? You people getting ready to put on your Nikes and go through the tollgates or something? Â Let me break it to you easy: Â Saddam is dead (or badly wounded). Â Within days the keys to containing SARS will be known. Â Chill out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allthumbs Posted April 1, 2003 Share Posted April 1, 2003 I'm sceart - Henny Penny says the ski is falling! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sexual_chocolate Posted April 1, 2003 Share Posted April 1, 2003 I've been sick for over a week now. I doubt it's SARS. Just some fever, really sore throat, headache, yellow pus dripping out my nose. But my throat's getting tickly, along with my bronchial tubes. Â Hmmmm.... Time to see the doc? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sk Posted April 1, 2003 Share Posted April 1, 2003 RobBob said: What the Hell is going on here? You people getting ready to put on your Nikes and go through the tollgates or something? Â Let me break it to you easy: Â Saddam is dead (or badly wounded). Â Within days the keys to containing SARS will be known. Â Chill out. Â Â Â I don't care what anyone else says I am listening to robob oh this is me woith my fingers plugging my ears sining LALALALALALALLALALALALLALA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allthumbs Posted April 1, 2003 Share Posted April 1, 2003 sexual_chocolate said: I've been sick for over a week now. I doubt it's SARS. Just some fever, really sore throat, headache, yellow pus dripping out my nose. But my throat's getting tickly, along with my bronchial tubes. Â Â Hmmmm.... Time to see the doc? Â no, just let it take you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vegetablebelay Posted April 1, 2003 Share Posted April 1, 2003 And pack your sidearm locked and loaded at all times.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allthumbs Posted April 1, 2003 Share Posted April 1, 2003 vegetablebelay said: And pack your sidearm locked and loaded at all times.. well duh!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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