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...book. At which point I put him in the isolation room." Finkelstein also told the rest of the family members to isolate themselves, which they did. But he did not order the isolation of any of the patients and healthworkers with whom Tse had already been in contact. Should he have done so? "No," says Dr. Andrew Simor, a microbiologist and a member of the team coordinating Toronto's SARS response. "At that point there was no concept of how infectious...
...most common route is direct person-to-person contact. Unlike influenza or tuberculosis, SARS is transmitted not through the air but most likely by droplets spread when an infected person coughs or sneezes. Doctors don't know how long an infected person remains contagious...
Beyond that, the physical mechanism by which SARS is spread is still unclear. In mid-March, Hong Kong officials thought they knew how to control the epidemic. Since SARS seemed to require close contact with a victim, anyone suspected of infection was quarantined, and doctors and nurses were careful to wear protective clothing when dealing with patients. Then came Amoy Gardens. Clusters of cases began proliferating in the giant, 33-floor apartment towers in Hong Kong. Ultimately, more than 300 residents of the complex came down with SARS (at least 15 have died), even though many of them seemed...
...particularly aggressive spread of SARS in Toronto among health-care workers, however, scientists now speculate that there may be other mechanisms as well. In Amoy Gardens, for example, transmission may have occurred via contaminated fecal matter leaking from a broken sewage pipe. That would explain the lack of direct contact, as well as the fact that all these cases, unlike those in mainland China and Toronto, are characterized by severe diarrhea...
...hope you can take some solace in the fact that you experienced the most unique of all Creed shows." If the 15,000 fans covered by the suit get back any of the $55 ticket price, viewers of the movie Glitter and Cincinnati Bengals fans will no doubt contact their lawyers...