Sabres possibly exposed to SARS

[Goldwolf]

http://www.msnbc.com/news/892626.asp?0cv=CB20

BUFFALO, N.Y., March 29 — Two Buffalo Sabres players were under observation Saturday after possibly being exposed to a mysterious and potentially deadly respiratory illness. Defensemen Rhett Warrener and Brian Campbell, who played in the Sabres’ 4-1 victory over Montreal on Friday, did not travel with the team for its game at Carolina on Saturday night.

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[Goldwolf]

http://www.msnbc.com/news/892626.asp?0cv=CB20

BUFFALO, N.Y., March 29 — Two Buffalo Sabres players were under observation Saturday after possibly being exposed to a mysterious and potentially deadly respiratory illness. Defensemen Rhett Warrener and Brian Campbell, who played in the Sabres’ 4-1 victory over Montreal on Friday, did not travel with the team for its game at Carolina on Saturday night.

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[Shell]

That is really screwed up. Was Carolina made aware that they were playing against players possibly infected with a contagious disease that can kill you? I know no one mentioned it to me when I was going into the arena. I am usually a risk taker and not generally paranoid by any means, but these unknown contagious diseases popping up scare the hell out of me. I've been in the same building as people exposed twice in a week, how contagious is it? Who knew being a hockey fan could be so dangerous?

[Shell]

That is really screwed up. Was Carolina made aware that they were playing against players possibly infected with a contagious disease that can kill you? I know no one mentioned it to me when I was going into the arena. I am usually a risk taker and not generally paranoid by any means, but these unknown contagious diseases popping up scare the hell out of me. I've been in the same building as people exposed twice in a week, how contagious is it? Who knew being a hockey fan could be so dangerous?

[nccanes]

But didn't the "possibly exposed" players stay home?

[nccanes]

But didn't the "possibly exposed" players stay home?

[Shell]

well, sure they did. It boils down to how contagious is it though. If they were possibly infected, it seems like the rest of the team would have been too?

[Shell]

well, sure they did. It boils down to how contagious is it though. If they were possibly infected, it seems like the rest of the team would have been too?

[Goldwolf]

yes, they did.

but, so far SARS has proved to be fairly contagious.

[Goldwolf]

yes, they did.

but, so far SARS has proved to be fairly contagious.

[Shell]

SARS has had a huge impact on Toronto. I like to read newspapers from around the world every day, and Toronto's main focus right now is Sars. The Toronto Sun's (http://www.torontosun.com) main headline is that the 2nd hospital had to close because of it.
http://www.torontosun.com/htdocs/images/torsun/upload/29tor.jpg

[Shell]

SARS has had a huge impact on Toronto. I like to read newspapers from around the world every day, and Toronto's main focus right now is Sars. The Toronto Sun's (http://www.torontosun.com) main headline is that the 2nd hospital had to close because of it.
http://www.torontosun.com/htdocs/images/torsun/upload/29tor.jpg

[Jeff O Rocks]

Buffalo fans were all over our section.. :roll: :crazy: Scary...

[Jeff O Rocks]

Buffalo fans were all over our section.. :roll: :crazy: Scary...

[StormShaman]

Lovely. :/

[StormShaman]

Lovely. :/

[Shell]

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Monday, March 31, 2003 5:40PM EST

N.C. officials say two more may have caught mystery illness
The Associated Press

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Two more people in North Carolina may be victims of a mysterious flu-like illness that has recently appeared in the United States among people who have lived in or traveled to Asia.
Four people in the state are suspected to have caught the illness, the state Department of Health and Human Services said Monday. Two additional suspected victims have recovered.
The illness, known as severe acute respiratory syndrome or SARS, causes high fever and severe breathing problems. It is blamed for 60 deaths worldwide - at least 15 in Hong Kong - as of Monday.

The newest North Carolina victims - a woman in Mecklenburg County and a man in Wake County - were not hospitalized but were under respiratory isolation at home, DHHS said.

Their identities were not released. Public health officials were tracing their known contacts to alert them to the symptoms of the illness. The earlier suspected cases were reported March 19 in Wake and Orange counties.

DHHS spokeswoman Carol Schriber said it's impossible to confirm whether any of the four contracted SARS because federal and global health officials haven't yet pinpointed the exact nature of the illness.

"We don't have the tools to confirm it yet," she said.

The World Health Organization said Monday that experts hope to pinpoint the cause soon, and signs continue to point to a form of the coronavirus, which causes about one-fifth of all colds.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Saturday that no current drugs were working against the disease.

[Shell]

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Monday, March 31, 2003 5:40PM EST

N.C. officials say two more may have caught mystery illness
The Associated Press

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Two more people in North Carolina may be victims of a mysterious flu-like illness that has recently appeared in the United States among people who have lived in or traveled to Asia.
Four people in the state are suspected to have caught the illness, the state Department of Health and Human Services said Monday. Two additional suspected victims have recovered.
The illness, known as severe acute respiratory syndrome or SARS, causes high fever and severe breathing problems. It is blamed for 60 deaths worldwide - at least 15 in Hong Kong - as of Monday.

The newest North Carolina victims - a woman in Mecklenburg County and a man in Wake County - were not hospitalized but were under respiratory isolation at home, DHHS said.

Their identities were not released. Public health officials were tracing their known contacts to alert them to the symptoms of the illness. The earlier suspected cases were reported March 19 in Wake and Orange counties.

DHHS spokeswoman Carol Schriber said it's impossible to confirm whether any of the four contracted SARS because federal and global health officials haven't yet pinpointed the exact nature of the illness.

"We don't have the tools to confirm it yet," she said.

The World Health Organization said Monday that experts hope to pinpoint the cause soon, and signs continue to point to a form of the coronavirus, which causes about one-fifth of all colds.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Saturday that no current drugs were working against the disease.

[folgersnyourcup]

Thanks for the post Shell. That's scary.

[folgersnyourcup]

Thanks for the post Shell. That's scary.

[KevynFan14]

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Thanks for posting that, Shell. That's indeed scary.

[KevynFan14]

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Thanks for posting that, Shell. That's indeed scary.

[Shell]

"Thanks for making us all paranoid Shell" LOL.

[Shell]

"Thanks for making us all paranoid Shell" LOL.

[StormShaman]

Perhaps it's a good thing that I don't leave my house.

[StormShaman]

Perhaps it's a good thing that I don't leave my house.

[Shell]

any conspiracy theorist think this belongs in the war thread?

[Shell]

any conspiracy theorist think this belongs in the war thread?

[talkingcanes]

it is scary. I did read today that they know it's a virus, not bacteria and they are closing in on treatment. The article also said 80-90% of people who contract it survive which is not what news reports seem to imply. so far it has a 4% fatality rate, which is scary, but not as fatal as I thought based on the news.

Good news is neither of the Buffalo players are showing symptoms which should ease the mind of their family, friends, and teammates.

[talkingcanes]

it is scary. I did read today that they know it's a virus, not bacteria and they are closing in on treatment. The article also said 80-90% of people who contract it survive which is not what news reports seem to imply. so far it has a 4% fatality rate, which is scary, but not as fatal as I thought based on the news.

Good news is neither of the Buffalo players are showing symptoms which should ease the mind of their family, friends, and teammates.

[Guyute]

heard this morning that it's spread by coughing/sneezing, much like the common cold.

they just quarantined an entire apartment building in Hong Kong.

[Guyute]

heard this morning that it's spread by coughing/sneezing, much like the common cold.

they just quarantined an entire apartment building in Hong Kong.

[Jeff O Rocks]

:crazy: :eek: :roll:

[Jeff O Rocks]

:crazy: :eek: :roll:

[crazy4canes]

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Very scary indeed.

[crazy4canes]

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Very scary indeed.

[Shell]

http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20030506/mdf270921.jpg

That has to make the kiss hard!

[Jeff O Rocks]

It has to Shell....they are probably afraid to kiss one another... :roll:

[moonstomper]

It has to Shell....they are probably afraid to kiss one another... :roll:

they may be scared to kiss, but this guy isnt.....




Fears Give Kiss of Death to Record Chances

Worries about SARS in the Southland hinder a Minnesota man's plans to top his own world record at a Corona festival.

By Bob Pool, Times Staff Writer


The world's greatest smoocher is in town. But Alfred A.E. Wolfram can kiss off any hope of setting a new record on this visit.

That's because the fear of SARS is nothing to sniff at.

Wolfram has held a lip-lock on the title of "World's Greatest Kisser" since the day he bussed 11,030 people at a festival near his home in North St. Paul, Minn., to win a place in the Guinness Book of World Records.

That was in 1998, though, long before anyone faced the pneumonia-like severe acute respiratory syndrome. It has infected 6,054 people worldwide, killing 417, according to world health officials.

"People are continuously asking if I'm worried. But I've kissed hundreds of thousands over the past 18 years and never caught anything, even a cold," Wolfram said.

Aside from exhaustion, all he has suffered are chapped lips and a bruised nose. "When hundreds of people bang up against your nose, you feel at the end of the day like you've gone up against Muhammad Ali," he said.

The 60-year-old Wolfram was in Venice on Friday, doing some practice puckering at a luncheon at the Israel Levin Senior Adult Center. Today and Sunday he will be greeting visitors to the Koroneburg Renaissance Festival at Crossroads Riverview Park in Corona with pecks on the cheek.

SARS wasn't on the minds of those at the senior center Friday.

Women were only too glad to turn the other cheek to any concern over a stranger's kiss.

Ann Mayser, 85, of Santa Monica flashed an "OK" sign to her friends after Wolfram's embrace.

"He's done this before," she said.

Ruth Hoffman, 75, was equally enthusiastic. "Hey, it's the best I've had in a long, long time," said the Venice widow.

To set the world record, Wolfram kissed a different person every two seconds for eight hours. So this weekend he's more realist than romantic: There's uncertainty about the weather for the festival, and the local socio-medical climate is an unknown factor, too.

While 58 suspected SARS cases have been tallied in California — including 11 as of Friday in Los Angeles County — the mystery disease is not a big concern in Minnesota, Wolfram said.

"I'm not going to cloister myself. Life's too short," said the king of kiss. "But this is the first time I've gone up against SARS."

Wolfram, who says he has been happily married to the same woman for 33 years, said he came to town to deliver the real deal.

This may be Los Angeles, he said, but — even in the face of SARS — Hollywood air kisses don't hack it.

[Jeff O Rocks]

some times senior citizens will surprise you!! Thumbs up to them..

I hope O and Weeksey are ok...I know O is in Toronto and I think Kevin is too...hope they are safe!! :roll:

[talkingcanes]

I did read that the World Health Organization had recinded the travel warning for Toronto so it must be better there now. Mostly you hear of ongoing problems in China.

[SouthernHockeyChick]

I did read that the World Health Organization had recinded the travel warning for Toronto so it must be better there now.

Good to hear since I'm going in a few weeks. :)

[Lady J]

I don't know what to make of it. I'm not especially paranoid about it, but then again, I ordered two bras from a Canadian company a while back ( before the SARS thing started in Toronto ), and now they're sitting on the kitchen floor, still wrapped in their shipping package. So , maybe I AM paranoid. yeesh.