At 11pm EStime on ABC night lines topic is on SARS
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Babcock" <BillB@bnj.com>
To: "'Gerald Van Vlack'" <jerryvv@alltel.net>; "Bob Kramer" <rgk@flash.net>;
<fot@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2003 5:50 PM
Subject: RE: MOSPORT
> I'm not a Doctor, but I've played Doctor before. We have a number of
> Canadian employees, eh, and they have been in constant touch with family
> members. After the initial panic most of the concern in the city has
> played out, and the general consensus is that Toronto is, or nearly is,
> past the crisis.
>
> You can find huge amounts of information on the web, some of it fairly
> useful, by googling SARS contagion -- so far every case has resulted from
> direct and fairly long contact with an infected person. The virus isn't
> drifting around. You can come in contact with a contaminated person
> anywhere--there's nothing special about Canada other than an early
> concentration of cases that have been contained.
>
> You could sit down at a lunch counter in LA and unknowingly eat next to a
> person freshly arrived from Hong Kong who is trying to convince themselves
> that they only have the sniffles.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gerald Van Vlack [mailto:jerryvv@alltel.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2003 2:25 PM
> To: Bob Kramer; fot@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: MOSPORT
>
>
> It's hard to believe everything that you hear and sort out what's good
> information and what's hype and bogus or motivated for whatever reason.
> I've heard that more people die from the common cold and or flu every year
> than from SARS, yet it seems so easily spread. Perhaps one of our Health
> Care Professionals can enlighten the rest of us with a better point of
> view than the desperate for a story media. I for one agree with Bill and
> am going regardless. I'll drive faster thru Toronto and past the airport
> (if one can really try to drive much faster than the locals do). My
> company is a Canadian and Toronto based one who employ many nationalities
> at their plants. I haven't heard of anyone there getting SARS just because
> they live close to Toronto. JVV
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Bob Kramer
> To: fot@autox.team.net
> Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2003 5:18 PM
> Subject: Re: MOSPORT
>
>
> Has anyone done a recent survey to determine if this SARS thing is going
> to
> hurt participation? I think I saw someplace that the Brits are not
> coming
> after all. I know in my case, we were going to meet another family up
> there
> and combine the event with a family vacation, but they have backed out
> due
> to health concerns. They have a youngster who is allergic to everything
> so I
> understand, but it makes me wonder about how many others are no longer
> planning on coming.
>
> Bob Kramer
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <BillDentin@aol.com>
> To: <fot@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2003 2:30 PM
> Subject: MOSPORT
>
>
> > Amici:
> >
> > SARS be damn'd.
> >
> > My MOSPORT entry went out today.
> >
> > Bill Dentinger
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