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A UK resident is in intensive care after contracting a potentially fatal Sars-like virus, health experts confirm.
The bug, which is similar to the Sars virus and causes severe breathing problems, has so far been confirmed in 10 people worldwide. Five have died.
TextA second case of a new respiratory illness similar to the deadly Sars virus has been identified in the UK. The patient, who is receiving intensive care treatment in a Manchester hospital, had recently travelled to the Middle East and Pakistan.
Did you just pick out 7-10 days randomly or is there some research based evidence behind this assertion? Got a particular country list? Got a plan for the thousands of places in this quarantine centre, hotel style or prison camp? Funding costs Included in the return travel ticket or raised through general taxation?
Originally posted by Tardacus
people who travel to 3rd world countries should be quarantined for at least 7-10 days upon their return to their home country.
Originally posted by Tardacus
people who travel to 3rd world countries should be quarantined for at least 7-10 days upon their return to their home country.
Originally posted by grainofsand
Did you just pick out 7-10 days randomly or is there some research based evidence behind this assertion? Got a particular country list? Got a plan for the thousands of places in this quarantine centre, hotel style or prison camp? Funding costs Included in the return travel ticket or raised through general taxation?
Originally posted by Tardacus
people who travel to 3rd world countries should be quarantined for at least 7-10 days upon their return to their home country.
Thought this through, or just a knee-jerk reaction?
Foreign travel is not the preserve of the elite anymore, we're talking many hundreds of thousands of people each year, and the costs of your 'solution' would seem prohibitive during these fiscally lean times in the UK.
No evidence anywhere to suggest we do.
Originally posted by maryhinge
Do we the uk have anything like fema camps????????
Originally posted by Tardacus
people who travel to 3rd world countries should be quarantined for at least 7-10 days upon their return to their home country.
Originally posted by grainofsand
No evidence anywhere to suggest we do.
Originally posted by maryhinge
Do we the uk have anything like fema camps????????
The UK struggles with prison accommodation as it is, so any idea of secret camps waiting unused for some future unknown event to hold civilians would not be a position I support as very realistic.
*Edit* It would be much easier to lock an entire community down than transfer affected to camps in the event of an infectious outbreak. Also more practical due to reduced risk of undiagnosed folk being missed.
I can certainly imagine policy makers looking at it that way, as in any other decision that is a cost/deaths analysis.edit on 11-2-2013 by grainofsand because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by grainofsand
reply to post by MysterX
3 weeks now eh, I'll ask the same questions to your good self as well then:
Got a particular country list? Got a plan for the thousands of places in this quarantine centre, hotel style or prison camp? Funding costs Included in the return travel ticket or raised through general taxation?
Thought this through, or just a knee-jerk reaction?
Originally posted by grainofsand
reply to post by 59demon
I'm really pleased you're not in charge of public health policy decisions in the UK.
The Health Protection Agency confirms a UK resident has contracted the new Sars-like coronavirus and is in intensive care.
Where, on the parade grounds or sports pitches? What about the service folk already there?
Originally posted by MysterX
I'd imagine in the event of a countrywide viral outbreak, army / Naval barracks would initially be used as quarantine places.
Originally posted by grainofsand
Where, on the parade grounds or sports pitches? What about the service folk already there?
Originally posted by MysterX
I'd imagine in the event of a countrywide viral outbreak, army / Naval barracks would initially be used as quarantine places.
I see curfew/home/street quarantine as far more likely and easier to manage with fewer resources needed.
Originally posted by HIWATT
The Health Protection Agency confirms a UK resident has contracted the new Sars-like coronavirus and is in intensive care.
Pllleaseeeee.... "SARS-like" ?
SARS itself is an acronym which is extremely vague.
S = severe. (obvious definition)
A = acute. (rapid, sudden onset)
R = respiratory. (anything to do with the respiratory system)
S = syndrome. (a term which by definition does NOT include a precise cause of any illness)
So the term SARS really doesn't describe ANYTHING in particular, it could be asthma or pneumonia !
and now we have a "health agency" declaring a SARS-like illness?
So in other words, "vaguer than vague",,, but watch out!!!!!
Originally posted by OtherSideOfTheCoin
Originally posted by HIWATT
The Health Protection Agency confirms a UK resident has contracted the new Sars-like coronavirus and is in intensive care.
Pllleaseeeee.... "SARS-like" ?
SARS itself is an acronym which is extremely vague.
S = severe. (obvious definition)
A = acute. (rapid, sudden onset)
R = respiratory. (anything to do with the respiratory system)
S = syndrome. (a term which by definition does NOT include a precise cause of any illness)
So the term SARS really doesn't describe ANYTHING in particular, it could be asthma or pneumonia !
and now we have a "health agency" declaring a SARS-like illness?
So in other words, "vaguer than vague",,, but watch out!!!!!
That is incorrect SARS is a name of a virus its not a catch all term for a number of differnt causes
What you are talking about is what is more commonly known as “Acute Respiratory Distress syndrome”. So it if was an acute case of Pneumonia it might be called a case of “ARDS” rather than “SARS” because SARS is the name given to a virus.
I agree that the SARS acronym is somewhat vague as it does not really suggest a virus but rather the symptoms of the virus however the Coronavirus is the virus that causes SARS (called SARS-CoV) so the media are very accurate in saying “SARS-Like”.
edit on 11-2-2013 by OtherSideOfTheCoin because: (no reason given)
(quotations added)
Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is a "serious" form of pneumonia
SARS is caused by a member of the coronavirus family of viruses (the same family that can cause the common cold)
Symptoms usually occur about 2 to 10 days after coming in contact with the virus.