RE: SARS: Strategies

From: Rafal Smigrodzki (rafal@smigrodzki.org)
Date: Thu Apr 24 2003 - 16:38:57 MDT

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    owner-extropians@extropy.org wrote:
    > As some here know, I have in the last few years made a personal
    > reorientation of a significant part of my business to East Asia in
    > general and China in particular. The outbreak of SARS has begun to
    > have an impact on my personal business plans and promises to have an
    > increasing effect into the foreseeable future. As a result, I'm
    > naturally keenly interested in the prospects for successfully
    > addressing it. I confess that I haven't been able to read the list
    > very closely while discussion of SARS has begun here, so I'm hoping
    > to elicit a new, focused discussion that I can follow in detail.
    >
    > My question is this: What are the best strategies for addressing SARS
    > in the short, intermediate and long terms?
    >
    > Getting input from knowledgeable people here on the List can be a real
    > value to me, and I really appreciate it.
    >

    ### Short term, weeks to a few months - consider limiting travel to areas
    with large numbers of infected persons. Wait for more data.

    Intermediate term, months to a year - depends on the dynamics of the
    epidemic, if it is very contagious, just wait until it comes to you, if
    contained, resume activities (perhaps while having a face mask with you at
    all times).

    Long-term - get the vaccine once it becomes available.

    Rafal



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