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Subject: RE: Another Perpsective On SARs Situation In Toronto From
From: "Randall Young" <ryoung@navcomtech.com>
Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2003 11:03:03 -0700
> The following are excerpts from news coverage on AOL. It seems to suggest
> that the situation in Toronto is different than the CDC
> announcment in that
> the cases are not limited to health care workers.

Except that the CDC announcement didn't say it was limited to health care
workers.
>From
http://www.cdc.gov/travel/other/sars_can.htm
>>>
SARS transmission in Toronto has been limited to a small number of
hospitals, households, and specific community settings. As an example of the
latter, SARS has been documented among some members of a religious community
who attended a large gathering in Toronto in late March.
<<<

And for those who like to get their news from the horse's mouth, the WHO
SARS page is at
http://www.who.int/csr/sars/en/

But don't forget, statistically you're still more likely to die from the
'flu' than from SARS ...

Randall

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