From: Charles Hixson (charleshixsn@earthlink.net)
Date: Mon Mar 31 2003 - 11:00:32 MST
Rafal Smigrodzki wrote:
> ...requiring ventilator support - if all of us are, this could be a major
>
>health problem, on the order of magnitude comparable to the influenza
>pandemics in 1917-1918.
>
>Somewhat more dangerous than driving and about as bad as smoking.
>
>Rafal
>
But you are ignoring the time frame. Smoking takes at minimum decades
to kill you, and you can quit before then. (I did.) And it's also a
matter of individual choice...an important distinction in my mind.
SARS, however, is never choosen, and appearantly takes effect within a
couple of weeks, killing you (or not) within a month or so. Quite
different.
(Still, it is a useful perspective.)
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