At 02:24 PM 4/9/2003 -0400, you wrote:
>Well, here in FL, we have a significant influx of visitors from Eastern
>parts of the world. This has caused State authorities to exclaim that they
>expect more cases of SARS here.
>I have had some cohorts who are seasoned travelers tell me that they will in
>no way get on a commercial airliner until they can be assured that they will
>/can not be infected. wanting jets to be sanitized & certified 'clean'
>first.
>
>I am sticking to car travel, which limits me to a few hundred miles per
>trip, and otherwise avoiding unnecesary travel, so I guess I am concerned a
>bit myself.
>
>While the numbers may not seem significant at first glance, thinking about
>the rapid onset and the fact that health care workers have faired no better
>in treatment, it seems like russian roulette with more than 6 chambers...

About 200 suspected and probably cases here in Toronto and about 10 deaths.
Mostly kitty-corner across the city from where I am, and apparently all
as a result of a single elderly woman returning from Hong Kong.

It's probably contained pretty well now (almost no new suspected cases),
but a lot of people are avoiding the North-Eastern Chinese suburbs.
Some cultural issues probably initially as there were some newcomers who
didn't  obey the voluntary quarantine orders and spread it, and now they
are confined to their homes under penalty of law.

Best regards,

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