Comments on: What is your reaction about this article? (SARS)? http://esnpc2009.com/respiratory-distress-syndrome/what-is-your-reaction-about-this-article-sars-3 Tue, 22 May 2012 00:40:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: mirror http://esnpc2009.com/respiratory-distress-syndrome/what-is-your-reaction-about-this-article-sars-3/comment-page-1#comment-4442 mirror Thu, 22 Oct 2009 12:40:59 +0000 http://esnpc2009.com/respiratory-distress-syndrome/what-is-your-reaction-about-this-article-sars-3#comment-4442 I was working as a doctor in the Dominican Republic at that time and there was real concern about the possibility of a pandemic. It did not materialize but thankfully disappeared as quickly as it started. Here is a remark "Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) — a contagious and sometimes fatal respiratory illness — first appeared in China in November 2002. Within six weeks, SARS had spread worldwide, carried around the globe by unsuspecting travelers. Eventually, 8,000 people were infected and 800 died of the disease. The rapid and unexpected spread of SARS alarmed both health officials and the public. SARS — the first newly emerged, serious and contagious illness of the 21st century — illustrated just how quickly infection can spread in a highly mobile and interconnected world. On the other hand, concerted international cooperation allowed health experts to contain SARS just months after its emergence. What's more, scientists now believe that some cases originally diagnosed as SARS may actually have been avian influenza (bird flu), potentially a far more deadly disease." http://www.mayoclinic.com/print/sars/DS00501/DSECTION=all&METHOD=print So Avian influenza may have been the cause of some of the cases. SARS or Avian bird flu, both remind us of the possibility of a 1917 Spanish Influenza like pandemic is real today. We were lucky with SARS (so far), but preparation for a swift pandemic is wise today. Lay in a supply of water, food, and self isolation plan for at least two weeks for such an event today.<br><b>References : </b><br> I was working as a doctor in the Dominican Republic at that time and there was real concern about the possibility of a pandemic. It did not materialize but thankfully disappeared as quickly as it started.

Here is a remark

"Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) — a contagious and sometimes fatal respiratory illness — first appeared in China in November 2002. Within six weeks, SARS had spread worldwide, carried around the globe by unsuspecting travelers. Eventually, 8,000 people were infected and 800 died of the disease.

The rapid and unexpected spread of SARS alarmed both health officials and the public. SARS — the first newly emerged, serious and contagious illness of the 21st century — illustrated just how quickly infection can spread in a highly mobile and interconnected world. On the other hand, concerted international cooperation allowed health experts to contain SARS just months after its emergence. What’s more, scientists now believe that some cases originally diagnosed as SARS may actually have been avian influenza (bird flu), potentially a far more deadly disease."

http://www.mayoclinic.com/print/sars/DS00501/DSECTION=all&METHOD=print

So Avian influenza may have been the cause of some of the cases.

SARS or Avian bird flu, both remind us of the possibility of a 1917 Spanish Influenza like pandemic is real today.

We were lucky with SARS (so far), but preparation for a swift pandemic is wise today.

Lay in a supply of water, food, and self isolation plan for at least two weeks for such an event today.
References :

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