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2003-07-11 Great White North

Military group contracts SARS in Toronto Airport?

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Posted by Laurence of the Rats 2003-07-11 12:56:25 PM|| || Front Page|| [12 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Bullshit. Everything is SARS now. SARS in Toronto was *always* contained. I've been to the airport twice and didn't see anyone panicking.

Posted by Rafael 2003-7-11 1:52:57 PM|| 2003-7-11 1:52:57 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 Weenies!

My SARS posts here

It's not very contaigous at all, unless you do some really dumb things like many of the infected medical people in Toronto did. There are, I believe, no known cases worldwide from casual contact, like airports.

These were Air Force guys, right? {sniffle} Musta missed a shower along the way.

Posted by Chuck 2003-7-11 2:19:57 PM|| [http://blog.simmins.org] 2003-7-11 2:19:57 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 I didn't think them going through Toronto had anything to do with it. I just found it interesting/amusing how the media will taint every story of SARS or possibile SARS with even the faintest link to Toronto (or any other place that had an outbreak).

Just lazy scaremongering style reporting.

Posted by Laurence of the Rats 2003-7-11 2:52:00 PM|| 2003-7-11 2:52:00 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 I think the concern would be that they picked it up from a surface in the airport; there have been reports in hospital settings of the virus staying alive for longer than expected on surfaces. I think heat kills it, which is why it could be expected to die out over the summer. Of course we don't know what the vector is either.

Posted by Sharon 2003-7-11 5:45:26 PM|| 2003-7-11 5:45:26 PM|| Front Page Top

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