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EDIT: Obviously I've spent too much time in the war forum. I'm not used to this agreement philosophy. [ 05-03-2003, 06:59 PM: Message edited by: Animal ]
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05-03-2003, 07:02 PM | #32 | |
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I´m going to post this here for those who hasn´t found it yet.
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05-03-2003, 11:08 PM | #33 |
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SARS..are YOU scared?
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05-03-2003, 11:50 PM | #34 |
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Thanks Willow. I hope everyone takes the time to read your post.
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05-04-2003, 12:10 AM | #35 |
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We've had a few cases of it here too, but nobody has died from it. I figure I'll wash my hands whenever I visit a store (door handles and knobs carry so many germs, imagine how many hands touch said handles, after coughing into their hands, etc.). So nothing else I can do besidess that, I cannot control me breathing in an infected person's breath while standing next to them, especially if said infected person shows no symptoms. So you can either be a paranoid recluse (which may be socially *weird* but in some ways safe) or just continue with your daily life's activities, again, washing hands frequently,, never touching your face (many viruses get "in" your system through mucus membranes, such as mouth, ears, nose, eyes. So if , say, you touched a door nob, or anything, that many people have touched, if a person who touch said door nob, or anything, had SARS or the flu, the virus would live on said doorknob or anything,,, and transfer itself to anyone else's hands and fingers taht touched it. And if said "toucher" later also touched their face, i.e, their eyes, nose, mouth, or ears, the virus finds its way "in" that way. So it is best off if you wash your hands when you return from a store or touch an object that a lot of other people touch daily.
Take care everyone, knowledge is safety, spread it around. You may still be able to get SARS from being near a person, and breathing in their virus in the air, like if they sneeze or cough, but otherwise, handwashing is at least your best bet overall I think. [img]smile.gif[/img] |
05-04-2003, 02:56 AM | #36 |
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What I'm afraid of is this:
I have chronic pharyngitis. My nose is constantly blocked in one side or the other. Sometimes it's bad, others just inconvenient. I also get a wet cough just after eating. So I'm worried people are going to freak out if I'm sniffing or coughing (even though SARS is a dry cough). New York City has had 18 cases, no deaths yet though... I believe. Let's hope it doesn't get spread by rats though, or then like the plague, New York (with more rats than people) will be in biiig trouble. Long live Dick Wittington. |
05-04-2003, 03:00 AM | #37 | |
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05-04-2003, 04:02 AM | #38 |
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Yorick, be careful. With chronic pharyngitis, would you be able to notice if you had SARS? [img]graemlins/uhoh1.gif[/img]
I really hope it doesn't become widespread here in Britain. Poor Blair's lost enough hair over Iraq
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05-04-2003, 05:01 AM | #39 |
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No, I'm worried about whats next. And then after that, and after that, and so on. These bacteria and virus's are getting to be smarter than us. They are mutating at a rate that we are having a very hard time keeping up with them them. Evolution at its worst, or best, depending on how you look at it. If we don't kill our selfs off, via the destruction of our environment, microbiology will, then it will start all over.
[img]graemlins/hidesbehindsofa.gif[/img] If you disagree with my view on this philosophy, please leave it out of here. I don't want to derail the thread. Thank you. [ 05-04-2003, 05:06 AM: Message edited by: LordKathen ]
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05-04-2003, 05:24 AM | #40 |
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I honestly am worried about it, not only do I have a weak imunne system, no nothing to do with any disease, but i also have to worry aboutmy kids, exspeacily my son who is also affected with a weak immune system. if my son or I get it chances are we will be in critical condition if not dying from it, the reason i have a weak immune system goes back to when i hadmy son, i had a sever infection that the doctor ignored, and now my body is weak and easily infected, i get the flu every year
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