JJP
Great Player
I heard it too and I sure hope it's not true.
Is SARS a real threat?
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I heard it too and I sure hope it's not true.
cgannon64
BOB DYLAN'S ROCKIN OUT!
Kind of ironic that SARS hit Canada, with its free healthcare coverage. If it hit a major New York city first, maybe even a poor slum where no one has work health coverage...
They are? I thought they're banned outright.
Couldn't have said it better myself for the rest... though I'm no Singaporean.
That's not true!You cannot name a commercial building without the words "house, center, building, tower or plaza" in the name.
How about 1 Raffles Link? Junction 8? Causeway Point? Marina Square? And now at the Causeway too (the land connection to Malaysia). Both coming in and going out. Saw for myself during the weekend.
Originally posted by XIII
That's not true!
To everyone except XIII, sorry for the discourse. I was referring to the No U-turn Syndrome, see here.
http://t21.cruxible.com/teasers/sg_nuts_stories/NUTS02.htm
Scrimshaw
Out there...lurking
I personally don't see sars as a real threat at all. I live fairly close to the area but am not bothered. 10 days of paid quarentine might even be fun 
Seriously thought it's not any more a threat to me then the standard flu. Death rates amongst healthy people are low and if I'm so weak this can kill me, so can alot of other things that don't bother most people.
This article sums up my opinion nicely actually. for those who don't wish to read it, It more or less says the disease sucks but it's not as bad it's made out to be and the fuss over it isn't quite worth it.
http://www.cbc.ca/stories/2003/04/25/sars_contain030425
Seriously thought it's not any more a threat to me then the standard flu. Death rates amongst healthy people are low and if I'm so weak this can kill me, so can alot of other things that don't bother most people.
This article sums up my opinion nicely actually. for those who don't wish to read it, It more or less says the disease sucks but it's not as bad it's made out to be and the fuss over it isn't quite worth it.
http://www.cbc.ca/stories/2003/04/25/sars_contain030425
Silverflame
OBJECTION!
Think it's overhyped now?
http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/asiapcf/east/04/27/sars.wrap/
It's not a threat in killing people, it's a threat in economies. Oh wait, some people who fear the growing economy of China are actually going to be happy about this
http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/asiapcf/east/04/27/sars.wrap/
It's not a threat in killing people, it's a threat in economies. Oh wait, some people who fear the growing economy of China are actually going to be happy about this
JJP
Great Player
318 known SARS deaths:
Mainland China: 131
Hong Kong: 133
Singapore: 21
Canada: 21
Vietnam: 5
Thailand: 2
Malaysia: 2
Philippines: 2
Taiwan: 1
The WHO has said that SARS has reached its top in most of the world. Only in China it still spreads. Could this be true?
Mainland China: 131
Hong Kong: 133
Singapore: 21
Canada: 21
Vietnam: 5
Thailand: 2
Malaysia: 2
Philippines: 2
Taiwan: 1
The WHO has said that SARS has reached its top in most of the world. Only in China it still spreads. Could this be true?
Shaitan
der Besucher
My chance of contracting SARS is about the same as my winning the lottery. And I don't buy lottery tickets so you can see just how low that chance is.
It's fine to say that you can ignore problems halfway around the world, but if they can wind up on your doorstep it only makes sense to take care of them early. An ounce of prevention...
It's easy to say that the death rate is low and the symptoms aren't bad, and just shrug it off. but, multiply that death rate by a large chunk of the world's population, and you get a lot of corpses. Not to mention the other costs.. Can you imagine what would happen if half the people in a country called in sick one day? Not only those infected, but those afraid of being infected. The cost in health care services and lost productivity could be huge.
It's silly to compare a disease to something like auto accidents- there are doctors and epidemiologists dedicated to combating new diseases. Should they change careers and become traffic cops, because that is the greater threat? What other disease should they be fighting if not this one? The main difference with this disease is that it's new (so few are likely to be resistant to it) and that it seems to spread quickly. If you let something like that get loose, you can get a huge # of cases in a short time, and if it gets into something that acts as a carrier or reservoir, there could be periodic outbreaks for years to come. Stamping out a new disease like this one is a lot more productive than trying to tackle an older one which is already endemic.
It's easy to say that the death rate is low and the symptoms aren't bad, and just shrug it off. but, multiply that death rate by a large chunk of the world's population, and you get a lot of corpses. Not to mention the other costs.. Can you imagine what would happen if half the people in a country called in sick one day? Not only those infected, but those afraid of being infected. The cost in health care services and lost productivity could be huge.
It's silly to compare a disease to something like auto accidents- there are doctors and epidemiologists dedicated to combating new diseases. Should they change careers and become traffic cops, because that is the greater threat? What other disease should they be fighting if not this one? The main difference with this disease is that it's new (so few are likely to be resistant to it) and that it seems to spread quickly. If you let something like that get loose, you can get a huge # of cases in a short time, and if it gets into something that acts as a carrier or reservoir, there could be periodic outbreaks for years to come. Stamping out a new disease like this one is a lot more productive than trying to tackle an older one which is already endemic.
Stapel
FIAT 850 coupé
Originally posted by Silverflame
Think it's overhyped now?
http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/asiapcf/east/04/27/sars.wrap/
It's not a threat in killing people, it's a threat in economies. Oh wait, some people who fear the growing economy of China are actually going to be happy about this
That sais it all! As I have posted before.
SARS itself is not a threat to economy. It is the fear for it that is! And the fear (as fear is most of the time) is not a fact, but just a feeling, created by media and others.
318 dead so far....... For a disease that has managed to spread so quickly....
That is no threat at all! While typing the 'H' of the word threat, more then 318 people died....
Don't get me wrong: Each individual dying of SARS is a tragic thing, but there is no reason to panic.
Kudos. It is obvious.
How can it effect economies directly? Do bills and coins get infected with it and die?
Even if the disease would kill tens of thousands, the FEAR will be ruining the economy, not the disease itself. The disease kills people, not economies.
allhailIndia
Deity
The mass hysteria that SARS has caused is probably a greater threat to us than the damn virus itself
Hitro
Feistus Raclettus
I won't say it's obvious.
A disease can effect the economy directly, because the people who work are part of the economy.
So if SARS would (which I don't think it will, but another disease may) put really alot of people out of work that would effect the economy directly.
With SARS that's not the case, so here it is just the fear that impacts the economy, but it is not Kudos to point that out.
Silverflame
OBJECTION!
No reason to panic halfway around the world, but how would you feel if you were one of the citizens of Beijing? A rapid spreading disease, with absolutely no cure in sight for the next year or so. You would have a reason to be afraid, not so much for your life, but for catching the disease. How would you like to know that YOU have infected nearly twenty people, possibly even killing one? That is YOU that has killed another human being. Not a very good feeling.
JJP
Great Player
That's true. Homo sapiens has survived many times.
Stapel
FIAT 850 coupé
Do employees of GM, Mercedes and FIAT
feel guilty for traffic accidents?It is the disease that kills, not 'me'.
JJP
Great Player
Originally posted by Stapel
Do employees of GM, Mercedes and FIAT
Maybe they do.
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