Is SARS finnaly stopped?

Xen · 07-10-2003, 05:07 PM

I heard on the news that WHO said that they stopped SARS.
Kudos to them then! [img]graemlins/thewave.gif[/img]

Kakero · 07-10-2003, 07:49 PM

I don't know, my parents will be going to Shanghai on 19th. so I think it's over already.

Rikard_OHF · 07-11-2003, 03:59 AM

The epidemic seems to be over, but that doesnt mean you dont have to be careful. Especially in china where hygenics arent as good as in most parts of the western world (believe me i've been there )

[ 07-11-2003, 04:00 AM: Message edited by: Rikard_OHF ]

07-11-2003, 03:59 AM

SARS will always be there. It can't be stopped. Just a matter of time before we'll hear about it again.

[ 07-11-2003, 04:00 AM: Message edited by: Jan ]

Xen · 07-11-2003, 04:01 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Jan:
SARS will always be there. It can't be stopped. Just a matter of time before we'll hear about it again.

You are probably correct...

Paladin2000 · 07-11-2003, 05:05 AM

Nope. They only managed to control the spread, which means no new cases for the time being. Since SARS is a RNA virus, it might take many many years to find a cure for it.

Xen · 07-11-2003, 05:07 AM

AFAIK they think they found a cure but they ahve to test it first...

wellard · 07-11-2003, 05:11 AM

Well people are voting yes it's over with travel in the region starting to get back to normal. Now the press have stopped scaring people, after all it was about 800 deaths, there are much worse flue viruses every year.

So come on everyone start flying and keep me in a job! [img]graemlins/heee.gif[/img]

Indemaijinj · 07-11-2003, 05:31 AM

It's not time to sleep on your laurels just yet (it very seldom is with diseases), but the risk of widespread epidemics with untold amounts of economic damage and human tradegy seems to have blown off.

07-11-2003, 05:54 AM

Copied from CNN:

The World Health Organization has said the world should soon be free of the SARS virus but warned the disease could resurface in China again next winter.

DISEASE FATALITY RATES
Rates are expressed in percentages
Ebola 36 to 88
Smallpox 30
Gastrointestinal anthrax 25 to 60
Cutaneous anthrax 20
Dengue hemorrhagic fever 20
Yellow fever 20
Bubonic plague 15.4
SARS 15
Meningoccal disease* 12
West Nile virus 12
Tetanus 11
Diptheria 10
Typhoid fever 10
Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever 5.2

SOURCES: CDC,WHO, state and national public health departments, university research centers
* Figure is for U.S. cases only

07-11-2003, 03:59 AM	#3
Rikard_OHF Beholder Join Date: March 4, 2001 Location: Het Hertogdom Gelre!!!!! Age: 40 Posts: 4,364	The epidemic seems to be over, but that doesnt mean you dont have to be careful. Especially in china where hygenics arent as good as in most parts of the western world (believe me i've been there ) [ 07-11-2003, 04:00 AM: Message edited by: Rikard_OHF ] __________________ [img]\"http://confed.xl-designs.com/siggeh18.gif\" alt=\" - \" /><br /> <img border=\"0\" alt=\"[bunny]\" title=\"\" src=\"graemlins/bunny.gif\" /> Return of the Bunny Army! <img border=\"0\" alt=\"[bunny]\" title=\"\" src=\"graemlins/bunny.gif\" />

07-11-2003, 05:05 AM	#6
Paladin2000 Fzoul Chembryl Join Date: February 19, 2002 Location: Your guess is as good as mine. Age: 53 Posts: 1,728	Nope. They only managed to control the spread, which means no new cases for the time being. Since SARS is a RNA virus, it might take many many years to find a cure for it. __________________ (This is an invisible sig.)

07-11-2003, 05:11 AM	#8
wellard Dracolisk Join Date: November 1, 2002 Location: Australia ..... G\'day! Posts: 6,123	Well people are voting yes it's over with travel in the region starting to get back to normal. Now the press have stopped scaring people, after all it was about 800 deaths, there are much worse flue viruses every year. So come on everyone start flying and keep me in a job! [img]graemlins/heee.gif[/img] __________________ fossils - natures way of laughing at creationists for over 3 billion years

07-11-2003, 05:31 AM	#9
Indemaijinj Symbol of Cyric Join Date: June 15, 2002 Location: Denmark Age: 44 Posts: 1,163	It's not time to sleep on your laurels just yet (it very seldom is with diseases), but the risk of widespread epidemics with untold amounts of economic damage and human tradegy seems to have blown off. __________________ The Bleak Caballero<br /><br />Proud and original member (and secret admirer) of the Pro-Mazzy movement.

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07-10-2003, 05:07 PM	#1
Xen Symbol of Moradin Join Date: June 5, 2002 Location: Slovenia,Ljubljana Age: 37 Posts: 8,554	I heard on the news that WHO said that they stopped SARS. Kudos to them then! [img]graemlins/thewave.gif[/img]

07-10-2003, 07:49 PM	#2
Kakero 40th Level Warrior Join Date: March 24, 2002 Posts: 10,215	I don't know, my parents will be going to Shanghai on 19th. so I think it's over already.

07-11-2003, 03:59 AM	#4
Jan Guest Posts: n/a	SARS will always be there. It can't be stopped. Just a matter of time before we'll hear about it again. [ 07-11-2003, 04:00 AM: Message edited by: Jan ]

07-11-2003, 05:07 AM	#7
Xen Symbol of Moradin Join Date: June 5, 2002 Location: Slovenia,Ljubljana Age: 37 Posts: 8,554	AFAIK they think they found a cure but they ahve to test it first...

07-11-2003, 05:54 AM	#10
Jan Guest Posts: n/a	Copied from CNN: The World Health Organization has said the world should soon be free of the SARS virus but warned the disease could resurface in China again next winter. DISEASE FATALITY RATES Rates are expressed in percentages Ebola 36 to 88 Smallpox 30 Gastrointestinal anthrax 25 to 60 Cutaneous anthrax 20 Dengue hemorrhagic fever 20 Yellow fever 20 Bubonic plague 15.4 SARS 15 Meningoccal disease* 12 West Nile virus 12 Tetanus 11 Diptheria 10 Typhoid fever 10 Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever 5.2 SOURCES: CDC,WHO, state and national public health departments, university research centers * Figure is for U.S. cases only

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