maybe she brought you back a nice souvenir of a mask saying, 'someone i know went to hong kong and all i got was this lousy mask!'
Siddhartha
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My dad is a doctor in the Bay Area.. he told me that a lot of people think they have SARS, but they don't after being diagnosed. I think we just need need to protect ourselves and not speculate too much. It's really not that funny.. this is a huge disaster for the world economy.
Siddhartha
Lifer
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This is what the CDC recommends:
Interim Guidance on Infection Control Precautions for Patients with Suspected Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) and Close Contacts in Households
April 29, 2003, 10:00 AM ET
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Patients with SARS pose a risk of transmission to close household contacts and health care personnel in close contact. The duration of time before or after onset of symptoms during which a patient with SARS can transmit the disease to others is unknown. The following infection control measures are recommended for patients with suspected SARS in households or residential settings. These recommendations are based on the experience in the United States to date and may be revised as more information becomes available.
SARS patients should limit interactions outside the home and should not go to work, school, out-of-home child care, or other public areas until 10 days after the resolution of fever, provided respiratory symptoms are absent or improving. During this time, infection control precautions should be used, as described below, to minimize the potential for transmission.
All members of a household with a SARS patient should carefully follow recommendations for hand hygiene (e.g., frequent hand washing or use of alcohol-based hand rubs), particularly after contact with body fluids (e.g., respiratory secretions, urine, or feces). See the "Guideline for Hand Hygiene in Health-Care Settings" at for more details on hand hygiene.
Use of disposable gloves should be considered for any direct contact with body fluids of a SARS patient. However, gloves are not intended to replace proper hand hygiene. Immediately after activities involving contact with body fluids, gloves should be removed and discarded and hands should be cleaned. Gloves must never be washed or reused.
Each patient with SARS should be advised to cover his or her mouth and nose with a facial tissue when coughing or sneezing. If possible, a SARS patient should wear a surgical mask during close contact with uninfected persons to prevent spread of infectious droplets. When a SARS patient is unable to wear a surgical mask, household members should wear surgical masks when in close contact with the patient.
Sharing of eating utensils, towels, and bedding between SARS patients and others should be avoided, although such items can be used by others after routine cleaning (e.g., washing with soap and hot water). Environmental surfaces soiled by body fluids should be cleaned with a household disinfectant according to manufacturer's instructions; gloves should be worn during this activity.
Household waste soiled with body fluids of SARS patients, including facial tissues and surgical masks, may be discarded as normal waste.
Household members and other close contacts of SARS patients should be actively monitored by the local health department for illness.
Household members or other close contacts of SARS patients should be vigilant for the development of fever or respiratory symptoms and, if these develop, should seek healthcare evaluation. In advance of evaluation, healthcare providers should be informed that the individual is a close contact of a SARS patient so arrangements can be made, as necessary, to prevent transmission to others in the healthcare setting. Household members or other close contacts with symptoms of SARS should follow the same precautions recommended for SARS patients.
At this time, in the absence of fever or respiratory symptoms, household members or other close contacts of SARS patients need not limit their activities outside the home.
you realize you set yourself up for all sorts of "your momma" and "sleeping with your mom" jokes right?
That sucks....poor mommy. I would cry if I ever had to be isolated for that long. I can't even stand being alone for a couple hours.
My uncle's going to Taiwan next week (to see my grandfather one last time...he's dying)...and we're all worried about him getting sick. Even though taiwan's not that bad...it's still really scary.
I guess it's a good thing my uncle lives in California then. heehee. Okie..not funny.
Good luck with everything leung324...hope your mom is well. and 10 days isn't a lot to be w/o a computer if it means you'll be living healthy for a few more years.
My uncle's going to Taiwan next week (to see my grandfather one last time...he's dying)...and we're all worried about him getting sick. Even though taiwan's not that bad...it's still really scary.
I guess it's a good thing my uncle lives in California then. heehee. Okie..not funny.
Good luck with everything leung324...hope your mom is well. and 10 days isn't a lot to be w/o a computer if it means you'll be living healthy for a few more years.
I don't want to take the risk and nobody knows how SARS transmit to others. well, maybe 10 days is too long, but I will tell my mom to check her body temperature twice a day to see if she has fever or respiratory symptoms.
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