iain Posted April 1, 2003 Share Posted April 1, 2003 the increasing bacterial resistance to antibiotics is the single greatest and most immediate threat to civilization. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sk Posted April 1, 2003 Share Posted April 1, 2003 snaffle boy...I thought this was a virus and not a bacteria? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iain Posted April 1, 2003 Share Posted April 1, 2003 freightliner or mack truck, both'll leave you in a million pieces Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iain Posted April 1, 2003 Share Posted April 1, 2003 and apparently it is thought to be a virus, at least, they have detected a previously unknown form of virus in several patients. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob_Clarke Posted April 1, 2003 Share Posted April 1, 2003 Muffy_The_Wanker_Sprayer said: snaffle boy...I thought this was a virus and not a bacteria? Â snaffle boi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gregm Posted April 1, 2003 Share Posted April 1, 2003  Canada Public Announcement U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE Office of the Spokesman   March 28, 2003  This Public Announcement is being issued to alert U.S. citizens to the declaration of a Provincial health emergency in Ontario, Canada. This Announcement expires on June 26, 2003.  On March 26, the Government of Ontario declared Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) to be a provincial emergency. The declaration follows the deaths of three individuals from SARS and the apparent manifestations of the disease in more than 50 individuals across the province. Canada is attempting to limit the spread of the outbreak by screening all passengers at airports for SARS symptoms. Health Canada sent staff to Pearson and Vancouver International Airports to help monitor passengers arriving on direct flights from affected areas for flu-like symptoms and to assist those who appear to be ill. Two major hospitals have been closed or restricted in the past 24-48 hours; other hospitals may also be affected. Ontario hospitals are operating under severe measures such as limiting access,restricting patient transfers between hospitals and requesting that those at risk of developing SARS place themselves under voluntary quarantine in their homes.  Detailed information on SARS is available from the Centers for Disease Control, http://www.cdc.gov, the World Health Organization <http://www.who.int> and the Canadian Health Organization, http://www.health.gov.on.cal>. A Fact Sheet for American citizens traveling abroad based on information from those websites is also available at the website of the Department of State's Bureau of Consular Affairs, http://travel.state.gov. Information from Health Canada is available at www.hc-sc.qc.ca. For further information on travel to Canada, please consult the Department of State's Consular Information Sheet, available on the Bureau of Consular Affairs home page at http://www.travel.state.gov. The U.S. Embassy is located in Ottawa, Canada at 490 Sussex Drive, Ottawa, Ontario K1N 1G8, telephone (613)238-5335; website at http://usembassy.state.gov/canada.  *********************************************************** See http://travel.state.gov/travel_warnings.html for State Department Travel Warnings  Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Necronomicon Posted April 1, 2003 Share Posted April 1, 2003 DOOM!! DOOOOOOMM!!!! Â This is some ugly shit. My guess is that it will over take THE WAR for the top spot in the headlines by next week, with thousands of cases across Asia, and hundreds in North America. Super virus on its way to your home soon. Â Start digging those shallow graves for your dearly departed loved ones, the garbage trucks will be too full to pick them up at the curb. Â GOD DAMN OSAMA, OMAR, AND SADDAM FOR UNLEASHING THIS NEW HELL ON TO HUMANKIND!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erik Posted April 1, 2003 Share Posted April 1, 2003 WE MUST BOMB ASIA... Â IT IS THE ONLY WAY!! Â DROP COLBALT BOMBS AND ELECTROMAGNA PULSE BOMBS!!! Â DUR-T WAR!!!!! Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allthumbs Posted April 1, 2003 Share Posted April 1, 2003 Erik, that's just wrong. Shame on you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catbirdseat Posted April 1, 2003 Author Share Posted April 1, 2003 RobBob, this virus is similar to the cold virus, for which no one has ever been able to develop an effective remedy. Get used to the idea that THERE IS NO CURE. Â This should be Necros job: Ring, Ring, Ring, Bring out your dead, Bring out your dead...Ring, Ring, Ring... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Flash_Amazing Posted April 1, 2003 Share Posted April 1, 2003 This might not turn out to be all that funny. Discuss. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott_J Posted April 1, 2003 Share Posted April 1, 2003 Like I said in the other post. Basically when your time has come up its up. I believe that because of all the nasty shit that I have lived thru. Bad ass shit and lived. One of these days I'll come to the part in my time card that says, "Its time to go and that will be it". No matter what the docs do, that will be it. SARS is just another tool to achieve the end for some people and their span on earth. My granddaughter died last year during delivery. It was tough but it was meant to be. There was no mistake by the docs or bad care of the mom. Maybe SARS is the answer to all the bad feeling in the world. Kill off 50% or more of the population and we might not be worring about anthing else except survival. No answers here. Just confusion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sk Posted April 1, 2003 Share Posted April 1, 2003 Dr_Flash_Amazing said: This might not turn out to be all that funny. Discuss. Â I already don't think it is funny. I have 2 small kids that spend everyday in the worlds worst germ factory...public school Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sk Posted April 1, 2003 Share Posted April 1, 2003 sisu_suomi said: Like I said in the other post. Basically when your time has come up its up. I believe that because of all the nasty shit that I have lived thru. Bad ass shit and lived. One of these days I'll come to the part in my time card that says, "Its time to go and that will be it". No matter what the docs do, that will be it. SARS is just another tool to achieve the end for some people and their span on earth. My granddaughter died last year during delivery. It was tough but it was meant to be. There was no mistake by the docs or bad care of the mom. Maybe SARS is the answer to all the bad feeling in the world. Kill off 50% or more of the population and we might not be worring about anthing else except survival. No answers here. Just confusion. Â verry True... nothing we can do but the best we can do. And be thankful for every moment we have to do it in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshK Posted April 1, 2003 Share Posted April 1, 2003 Some people dont like to accept that there are still plenty of things beyond the control of humanity and technology. Life (and the planet) have a way of equalizing things. Considering how interconnected the world is these days diseases don't stay in one place for long. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catbirdseat Posted April 1, 2003 Author Share Posted April 1, 2003 We should do all the things we are told to do to avoid colds. That is excercise, get enough sleep, stop smoking, good nutrition, etc. Â There is a treatment for colds called peconaril, but it is only effective against picornaviruses and enteroviruses. I don't thing it will work on coronaviruses. Â I have found zinc lozenges to be effective to reduce the duration and symptoms of colds. Perhaps not all would agree, but that is my belief. Some studies have said yea, whilst others have said nay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshK Posted April 2, 2003 Share Posted April 2, 2003 catbirdseat said: I have found zinc lozenges to be effective to reduce the duration and symptoms of colds. Perhaps not all would agree, but that is my belief. Some studies have said yea, whilst others have said nay. Â I too, have found this. I'm not sure if it could be a placebo effect, but I tend to belive not. On the other hand, I believe crap like echanacia, etc. is pure BS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vegetablebelay Posted April 2, 2003 Share Posted April 2, 2003 Catturd you also need to keep your lips off of DFA's butt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Flash_Amazing Posted April 2, 2003 Share Posted April 2, 2003 v'belay - try thinking some time, it's a highly effective means of not sounding like a total fucking idiot! Â Your friend, Dr. Flash Amazing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vegetablebelay Posted April 2, 2003 Share Posted April 2, 2003 Sorry to step on your toes DFA - NEVERMIND CATTURD! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Dru Posted April 2, 2003 Share Posted April 2, 2003 Notice that globally only about 60 have died from SARS. Thousands have it. Fatality rate is therefore about 3%. I'm not too worried. It isnt the next flu pandemic by a long shot. Â Hell, the USA and Britain are killing way more than 60 a day right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlpineK Posted April 2, 2003 Share Posted April 2, 2003 Dru said: Notice that globally only about 60 have died from SARS. Thousands have it. Fatality rate is therefore about 3%. I'm not too worried. It isnt the next flu pandemic by a long shot. Â Hell, the USA and Britain are killing way more than 60 a day right now. Â It's just a new way to get sick. Hell the regular flu kills lots of people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dru Posted April 2, 2003 Share Posted April 2, 2003 it is real contagious though, thats the problem with it. Â every time i hear SARS i think its "Search and Rescue Syndrome" making you don a helmet and bumble around in the woods looking for a "lost Climber" who is actually drinking in the pub not realizing he's "lost" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catbirdseat Posted April 2, 2003 Author Share Posted April 2, 2003 It's not the 3% death rate that makes SARS so threatening, but the prospect of high infection rates. If it is truly as infectious as a cold, more people could get it in a year than ever contract flu. People typically get flu once every five years, however they might get a cold about twice a year. If that is any indication, then SARS is ten times more infectious. Of course there are many many different viruses that cause cold symptoms, so any one virus is not infecting the entire population. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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