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“The important thing to think about in connection with SARS is not the current numbers but the potential for exponential expansion in the number of people affected,” Summers said.
The effort to strongly deter travel to affected areas was drawn from a concern not only about individual travelers, but about the community at large, Dean of the Faculty William C. Kirby wrote in a letter to colleagues yesterday.
“Given this much uncertainty about how it spreads and how virulent it is, and given questions about the availability of health care in affected regions, this seems cautious but appropriate,” said David Ropeik, director of risk communication at the Harvard School of Public Health?...
A message posted on the University’s web site also strongly advised against personal trips to SARS-affected countries, and stated that students or employees who still must travel to these countries are requested to confer with their respective deans, and consult University Health Services (UHS) before and...
Those returning from affected areas may also be asked to stay home for a 10-day period before returning to campus and class to ensure they exhibit no symptoms of the disease, Rosenthal said.