terrible virus

[n3tgraph]

I just saw the news again... and suddenly I felt a bit cold.

It just looks like everything is going the wrong way in the world - except for this community ufcuz

but serious.... First the war on Irak, now threatments to syrie, the stuff with korea, America want to give France a punishment of some kind.

And then the terrible virus called SARS. I just had a moment and thought about Gilbert... How are you holding up out there Gil? It must be terrible with that crazy virus running arond hong kong.

I just wanted to say I wish hong kong best of luck with the virus matter and I sure hope peace will arrive some day.

sorry for the sentiment
n3t

[BruisedWeasel]

Then again, China could use a decrease in population...

[Evil]

then again only 20 some people have died...

[DragonRose]

You're a bit behind, evil.  There have been 16 deaths in Toronto alone. There were about 83 deaths in Hong Kong as of the 21st.  

In Toronto, people are going pretty nuts.  People are given those house arrest ankle bracelets if they are suspected of having contact with someone who has SARS.  There are people who've had contact and no one knows who they are.  My Improv coach has an infected galbladder. He desperatly needs surgery, and he can't even stay in the hospital because of all the SARS quarantines and regulations, let alone be operated on.

The Taiwanese and Chinese communities are being ostricized, however you spell it. Their stores and restaurants are being avoided as if they had the plague.

A rather appropriate cliche, no?

People are scared to take public transportation, because there was a nurse who died of SARS that might have spread it to passengers on a commuter train.  People don't want to go out to public places- a food drive at a chain of grocery stores barely brought in anything, because no one was going shopping.  

We aren't at the state where people are wearing surgical masks, but it's close.

Bah.  That about sums it all up. Bah.

[Las Naranjas]

The Carr government has passed legislation allowing arrest anyone showing symptoms.

Apart from the totalitarian Science Fiction element, that could be scary.

[Gilbert]

It is not really *that* serious, at least not serious enough to make here an infected area. What is so scary of it is that the real cause of it is still unknown and people usually got infected in packs (eg. there are almost 100 persons living in ONE single building got infected).

So far we have here (up till 23/4/03 1:00pm) 1458 known infected cases, 105 of which died and 522 recovered.

So most people wear facemasks (including me) when they're outdoors now and wash their hands more often and I have to check my body temperature every morning in the office starting this week.

Though it is not a good experience, on the bright side, people had now learnt that they should concern more about a clean environment and their health.

[BruisedWeasel]

FedEx recieved a box with white powder. My mother works for the USPS, which sometimes handles FedEx boxes. I keep hoping mother doesn't bring home the anthrax. I don't think her health plan covers it.

[Femme Stab Mode >:D]

I sent people e-mails with two words

                    WHITE           POWDER


Sending antrax through email !

[n3tgraph]

does that make sense?

[Femme Stab Mode >:D]

It was 3'o clock at night. I thought it was funny at the time.

[Scid]

It's so scary if you think about how fast virusses can spread around the world today. If there was an airborne virus with an incubation time of 1 month, the whole world could be infected and die without anybody ever surviving long enough to find out what hit us.

The only animal that is really safe when it comes to contracting a deadly disease, is the virus itself. Kind of teaches one a thing or two about who the real dominant species on the planet is.

(it's ants, by the way. But the virus comes close)

[Erica McLane]

There was a movie, "Infection", "Taint" or something like this. Has somebody watched it?

[Soft, Gooey, Delicious.]

It is kind of scary, but in the same time frame, The US still killed more iraqi civilians.

[n3tgraph]

the movie... was that with ummm what's the name of the guy...

you know.. the one that played rain man and captain hook

anyway... the movie was good, it was with a monkey spreading the virus

[Renal Shutdown]

Outbreak

[n3tgraph]

yeah, that's it!

[DinghyDog]

that was NOT a very good movie...really corny. Oh well, it had Morgan Freeman, so I'm not complaining. He rocks.

-DD

[frobozz]

There's always The Stand...let's hope to God that THIS doesn't happen...

http://us.imdb.com/Title?0108941

[DGMacphee]

Outbreak had Dustin Hoffman, Kevin Spacey, Morgan Freeman, and Donald Sutherland.

And it was directed by Das Boot's Wolfgang Peterson.

How can a movie with that much talent be so average?

Only in Hollywood!

[Evil]

dragonrose: i think now would be a good time to repeat my favorite quote from the boards...

I didn't forget man...I just live in another country than you...so, take into account all the different time zones....Multiply the cost of gas times three and subtract that from my shoe size and you'll see that it's actaully sept 14 1988 where I live....   :