[MLUG - DISCUSSION] no more SARS scare

[Mike Miller <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

Just thought I'd send this one along.  We talked about SARS a lot for a
little while, but now it looks like public health professionals are
relaxing a lot and that's probably worth noting too.  --Mike


GLOBAL SCARE DISSOLVES WITH THE END OF SARS
from The Christian Science Monitor

SINGAPORE -- The surgical masks are gone. Now a weekend stroll down
Singapore's Orchard Road - a three-mile stretch that serves as Southeast
Asia's Rodeo Drive - is once again no easy task. Navigating the tide of
humanity as it charges from store to store requires a deft touch to avoid
collisions.

There is perhaps no better sign that the outbreak of severe acute
respiratory syndrome (SARS), the mysterious virus that emerged from
southern China late last year, is over. In cities like Hong Kong,
Singapore, Taipei, and Shanghai, no new infections have been reported for
weeks.

Toronto, one of the last two cities on the World Health Organization's
(WHO) list of SARS hot spots, was removed from the list Wednesday, and
Taipei is expected to be removed by Saturday.

"This is a great achievement for public health in what we hope is the
final phase of the global emergency," David Heymann, WHO executive
director for communicable diseases, said in a statement.

http://www.csmonitor.com/2003/0703/p01s03-wogi.html
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