Most of the original SARS cases in Toronto had just arrived by plane from
Honk Kong where they had picked it up. Some others got it, as Andy points
out, in the care of these SARS patients in hospital. Only 5.9% of people
who get SARS actually die from SARS.
My thoughts are that if you are coming to Mosport, you will be driving. It
is more of a risk if you fly on a plane where someone sitting beside you
just came from China.
If driving through Toronto, I don't think you can pick it up. Or you can
drive right past Toronto without stopping. Or you can circumvent Toronto.
BTW, there are 1,000's who die of the closely related illness to SARS every
year - it's called "the common cold". And no-one fears that they may die of
that.
Don Elliott, 1958 TR3A, Montreal, Canada
----- Original Message -----
From: <Herald948@aol.com>
To: <Group44TR7@aol.com>; <fot@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2003 12:08 PM
Subject: Re: Travel Advisory - Toronto Area - Mosport
> In a message dated 4/23/2003 10:22:05 AM Eastern Standard Time, Group44TR7
writes:
>
> > The US government has place a travel advisory on
> > Toronto because of
> > concerns about the SARs virus.
>
>
> From another list I'm on (not car-related). Information relative to a
Library conference in Toronto in the latter part of June:
>
> "The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) last night issued
additional information on severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) for
Americans traveling to Toronto. In an interim travel alert, the CDC
recommends that U.S. travelers to Toronto observe precautions to safeguard
their health, which are outlined online at:
<http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/sars/travel_advice.htm>. While the health
organization advises avoiding settings such as health care facilities caring
for SARS cases, the CDC is not advising against travel in Canada.
>
> "'The cases there (Toronto) are still linked to index cases,' CDC Director
Dr. Julie Gerberding told CNN. 'The disease is spread from face-to-face
contact with known cases of SARS. So the average traveler is not going to be
at risk.'
>
> "According to the World Health Organization (WHO), most cases of SARS
occur in persons who have had close face-to-face contact with SARS patients.
Most of the people infected and those in voluntary quarantine in Toronto are
health care workers or patients who had contact with the two hospitals first
affected by the outbreak, according to ABC News. The WHO has not issued a
travel advisory for Toronto."
>
> --Andy Mace
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