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Originally posted by Jatelka: Quote: Originally posted by Dundee Slaytern: Oh, I forgot to mention something. SARS is not confirmed to be airborne-transmittable. It is suspected that it might be airborne, but until it is confirmed, the only sure way to get SARS is through close contact with a carrier( roughly a 1-meter radius). In addition, the virus that causes SARS seems to be a mutant-variant of the Corona virus family.

Although interestingly, they seem to think that SARS it not necessarily only spread by close contact (see todays quarintining of an entire apartment block). To me this looks like droplet infection via air con systems or other water pipes (as in Legionella where the bacteria are spread via aerosols of water).

Here's hoping that SARS doesn't cause too much chaos, there's already too much bad stuff going on (SIGH)[/QUOTE] Goes to show how fragile our existance is when mother nature decides to mess with us.