In a Globe and Mail article on Sars there's the following line:
"News of the mass exposure emerged yesterday as Harvard University advised its faculty, staff and students not to travel to Toronto, or even Ontario, unless absolutely necessary."
Geee wizzzz. Does that mean I can't go outside because I live around Chinatown?
Sigh... how paranoid are people? It's not the bubonic plague!
Posted by jason at April 15, 2003 08:30 AMNot the bubonic plague? Well, no... but it is bloody infectious & around 4% are dying from it. Remember, it got to Canada because someone stayed on the same hotel floor with a guy who had SARS & later died from it himself.
Do I want it? NO.
Disease doesn't discriminate between social identities: races, genders, religions. They target everyone. So in dealing with disease, we also have to target everyone. If that means cutting ourselves off from the rest of the world until we get over it, then I'm all for it.
Quarantine Canada? It could save lives elsewhere...
(Interesting factoid: about 200 people have SARS in the US, & so far I have not seen the CDC report a single American death -- why is that??? Different Strain?)
Posted by: Julia on April 15, 2003 11:14 AMDenial? Donno.
Posted by: jason on April 15, 2003 11:40 AMAmericans don't die. it makes for bad press.
Posted by: hary on April 15, 2003 05:11 PM