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Pastimes : SARS - what next?

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To: Ilaine who started this subject	8/16/2003 6:35:18 PM
From: Henry Niman	of 1070

The story below now suggests that SARS CoV was introduced into the nursing home via health care workers, who developed symptoms first. Back when nursing home patients began testing positive for SARS CoV in Toronto, they were not considered to be SARS patients because there was not significant transmission and they had no known SARS contacts. Transmission via mild or asymptomatic cases was not considered possible because if it were, "new cases would be popping up like popcorn". Vancouver has greater than 50% of tested patients with symptoms testing positive for SARS CoV. There are now 97 residents and 46 staff with symptoms and now visitors to the Vancouver nursing home are beginning to call the hotline. Here is an earlier article on transmission of SARS to and by health care workers in Vancouver mediresource.sympatico.ca It is beginning to sound like popping popcorn. >===== Original Message From "Henry L Niman, PhD" <henry_niman@hms.harvard.edu> ===== ctv.ca Mystery virus ends visits at B.C. care facility

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