super cold, SARS, don't travel to HK, China, &Viet Nam

[ReiAyanami]

if this type of flu happened in the US our sensationalist media would jump all over it claiming how it must be resistant because of all the phony anti-bacterial products we buy and how over-medication bred the new resistant strain. well if it hasnt already happened lets hope it doesnt...

the last flu like this was the Spanish Influenza in WWI that killed like 20 million people worldwide, twice that of the actual war itself but it wasnt talked about much since the media focused on war. coincidently, the media is focusing on a new war right now, they shove all ebolas and flus into the last 15 seconds of the news segment

 

[pspada]

Originally posted by: krackato
You don't watch TV?!

So, basically, with all the free time he has from not watching TV he now spends annoying people about how he does not own a TV?

I have 6 TVs, and I live alone. total amount of time watching "news"; sports; retard tv (talk shows) = 0, zip, nada

 

[ViperV990]

People need to realize that The Onion is a satire magazine...

Anyway, SARS is actually on Yahoo's frontpage right now.

 

[cnwk64]

Originally posted by: geckojohn
Ewww, nasty...

cnwk64: were you trashed on beer when you posted this?

Err... whatelse would I do at 3AM??

 

[witold]

I don't have a TV either.

 

[fraeone]

This is OT and should be locked imo.

John

 

[SgtZulu]

even better
a drunken spamming moron

 

[lupi]

Isn't HK part of China.

 

[volant]

Originally posted by: BCskunk

Originally posted by: tkimball
Listening to NPR this morning, they reported that SARS has been rampant in China since November. They just didn't tell anyone about it...

dude...in november everyone just thought it was a kind of flu...they didnt know it was inaffective against antibiotics.. and it wasnt even serious then....so why would CHina want to tell everyone? and cause a world panic?

theres no need to.

lets say ur family caught a cold.....do u warn and tell everyone else? no u dont

I just came back from China/HK. Let me say that poeple there aren't really scare yet when I left HK 3 days ago. If I had known that Beijing had 7xx cases already I would have cancelled my trip. Chinese gov. insured the world that SARS was only in Canton just a few days ago. Yesterday in Los Angeles chinese news paper, chinese gov REPORTED 7xx some cases in Beijing. I am sure there are thousands more cases not reported to the public. Now I am super pissed off at chinese goverment. I had to cut my trip short bcause I didn't want to stay in HK, taiwan and vietnam. If they had reported it to the world back in Nov. I would not have plan a trip to asia. Hong Kong reported it after only the first 15 or 30 cases. When I was in china all they reported was that there are SARS in HK nothing about china itself. Now I have 4 x2 useless plane tickets because i had to void them in order to use the last one in the series for the return flight back to the US.

 

[alm4rr]

Originally posted by: cnwk64
If you don't knwo what SARS is, take look here
currently, there are 1408 case worldwide.
and more than 50 people dead!!
I think the number is way underestimate, since SARS's early stage is much like flu, most people don't bother to seek medical help.
CDC has issue Health Alert Notice for International Travelers Arriving in or Returning to the USA From Hong Kong and Guangdong Province, People's Republic of China, and Hanoi, Vietnam.

edit: it should be in OT, oh... too much beer........

like I ever wanted to go there in the first place
lol

 

[NeoZGeo]

wait............. didn't they say the virus is orgined from HK and Viet Nam?

 

[infostate]

We should be really serious about this. It's becoming rampant soon in USA, eapecilly in souther Cal, the gatway of the Pacific.

 

[Marauder-]

Originally posted by: ReiAyanami
if this type of flu happened in the US our sensationalist media would jump all over it claiming how it must be resistant because of all the phony anti-bacterial products we buy and how over-medication bred the new resistant strain.

flu = viral not bacterial

 

[infostate]

We shall avoid cinema and restaurants now. see the news below.

"NEW YORK -- Five city residents may have contracted a mysterious respiratory illness that has killed more than 50 people around the world, health officials announced Friday.

The five are among at least 50 suspected cases of severe acute respiratory syndrome, or SARS, being monitored nationwide by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

There have been no deaths from SARS in the United States.

Four of the five were treated at unidentified city hospitals and released, said Dr. Michael Phillips, a city Health Department epidemiologist. One patient remains hospitalized in good condition.

There is currently no evidence of SARS transmission in the city, the Health Department said.

The New York victims, whose names and ages were not released, all began exhibiting flu-like symptoms after visiting Hong Kong or China's Guangdong province, which had a suspected SARS outbreak in November that sickened 300 people and killed five."

 

[IshmaelLeaver]

This deal is dead.

:|

 

[geckojohn]

This is a super cold deal.

 

[pspada]

Originally posted by: IshmaelLeaver
This deal is dead.

:|

Dead 50x

:disgust:

 

[PagannagaP]

You guys are sick.

<insert joke here>

 

[Madcowz]

I contracted it about 11 days ago (not confirmed SARS, but 90% certain), at which point like 12 or so in the US had it... it REALLY sucked and I'm still recovering. Don't think this isn't a serious problem, b/c anyone could easily catch it

link

 

[toant103]

Originally posted by: cnwk64
If you don't knwo what SARS is, take look here
currently, there are 1408 case worldwide.
and more than 50 people dead!!
I think the number is way underestimate, since SARS's early stage is much like flu, most people don't bother to seek medical help.
CDC has issue Health Alert Notice for International Travelers Arriving in or Returning to the USA From Hong Kong and Guangdong Province, People's Republic of China, and Hanoi, Vietnam.

edit: it should be in OT, oh... too much beer........

Man, i was planning to travel back to Vietnam after my graduation. But guess not.

 

[ReiAyanami]

motorala had to shut down a plant in singapore because 531 have been quarantined:

http://biz.yahoo.com/rb/030329/health_singapore_motorola_1.html