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Dr. James Young, Ontario's public safety commissioner said all 124 individuals are in isolation. [...] D'Cunha noted that the deceased suffered from other health problems, such as congestive heart failure.' So now there's a travel advisory?  < 8:02:20 PM>.CBC News: Health minister surprised by SARS travel advisory 'Health Minister Anne McLellan insists she didn't know the World Health Organization was going to slap Toronto with a SARS-related travel advisory. The Geneva-based arm of the United Nations, however, is claiming it gives every affected country 24 hours notice.' < 7:59:53 PM>.CBC News: Toronto mayor rails against WHO warning 'For the overwhelming majority of Toronto's 2.5 million people, the risk of contacting SARS in their day-to-day life is minimal, said Basrur. "If it's safe to live in Toronto, it's safe to come to Toronto," Lastman declared.' Mel's a bozo but he got this one right. < 7:48:14 PM>.W.H.O. Adds Toronto to List of Cities to Avoid Because of SARS With the disease spreading every day and a 15th person in Toronto dying of the ailment today, what once looked like a model plan appears to have been shattered. [New York Times: NYT HomePage] This is BS. There are fewer cases in TO than there were a week ago, a 16 person has died, and the WHO clearly stated that the advisory was in no way an indictment of work the health community in TO is doing. |
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