SARS (was: anyone notice what os the #1 hosting provider is using?)

[Darren Pilgrim]

"Dan Langille" <dan at langille.org> wrote:

>On 24 Jun 2003 at 16:31, Bill Moran wrote:
>
>> Dan Langille wrote:
>>
>> > *cough*
>> 
>> You might want to have that looked at ... wouldn't want it
>> to turn into something serious (sars?)
>
>But seriously, with respect to Canada, how much press is SARS 
>getting?  What impression are you being left with in terms of the 
>risks?  Number of people infected?  How the residents are reacting?

The media is treating it like Y2k.  Recently, there's a weekly story on TV
and radio news about someone with "SARS-like symptoms".  My question is, what
makes them SARS-like symptoms?  I thought one of the big problems with SARS is
that, short of death, its symptoms are identical to those of the flu.

Though I will admit it's been fun this past couple of weeks getting over my
allergy-induced chest cold.  I've never seen so many people scared of a coughing
fit. :)