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To: pezz who wrote (32119)	4/22/2003 9:45:07 PM
From: TobagoJack	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74559

Pezz, You actually need to wait 7-10 days and then take temperature ... this is the folly of temperature based screening at airports. Chugs, Jay

To: pezz who wrote (32119)	4/22/2003 10:32:16 PM
From: EL KABONG!!!	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74559

pezz, For the sake of the health of the other thread members, please quarantine yourself for the next 15 days. Viruses are known to spread easily on the Internet... <g> KJC

To: pezz who wrote (32119)	4/22/2003 11:41:53 PM
From: Just_Observing	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74559

As I'm filling out the paper work the girl behind the counter ( she's Asian an probably just got back from visiting relatives in Hong Kong ) starts coughing .......Panicked, I back away but it's too late to flee.... Just calculate the odds before going crazy. The US has some 35 confirmed cases and they are probably quarantined. Even if they are not, the chance that any person has SARS in the US is 1 in 9 million. Not every Asian has relatives in Hong Kong that they are constantly visiting. If one is working behind the counter, one cannot afford too many vacations. Besides, people have cut back on vacations to Hong Kong and other SARS hot spots. Let's say that Asians are twenty times more likely to be exposed to SARS as a worst case scenario. In a worst case analysis, her probability of having SARS is less than 1 in 500,000. Even if you assume that your chance of catching SARS is 100%, then your chance of having caught SARS is 1 in 500,000. Given the mortality of SARS is 1 in 10, the chance that you will die from SARS in the worst case analysis is 1 in 5,000,000. About the same chance as winning a Lotto pick 6 with 42 numbers (1 in 5.25 million). I bet you have never won the big prize at Lotto. Looks like you will have to live with that. If you are a middle aged man in America (45 to 50 years old), the chance that you will die in the next year is about 1 in 400 to 1 in 500. Relax and enjoy your life. SARS is not worth worrying about yet. If we get to 350,000 cases of SARS in America then the threat from SARS will approach the threat from all other causes, assuming you are a 45 to 50 year old man in America.