This graph of "probable cases" of SARS looks familiar.
Mid-March timing of WHO alerts/advisories is likewise familiar. who.int/publications/i…
More familiar things from the 2003 report:
Children are inefficient transmitters.
Three of four pregnant women admitted to the hospital ICU & ventilated died.
Probable cases went up after travel advisory issued.
Speculation about "superspreading event" on a plane.
Speculative, superstitious "contact tracing"
Public health organization taking credit for the *effectiveness* of its *intervention*
Patient admitted to hospital for reason unrelated to virus, where he is thought to have contracted the virus.
Tracing "finds" others who had "unrecognized SARS".
(Unlike has been said of SARS-CoV-2) transmission said to be "largely confined to health care settings"
Back to the familiar...
PPE didn't seem to make a difference
...but was recommended anyway.
Alleged "superspreading events" in China
(Unlike SARS-CoV-2), tests of blood donations "before" the onset of SARS came up negative.
Hong Kong study concluded PPE was effective
"They had SARS...probably...even though no real symptoms...because they tested positive."
Symptoms, no symptoms, positive tests, negative tests...🙄
"...children [may be] protected from infection in some way."
Asymptomatic transmission doesn't seem to be a thing.
R0 might be 2-4.
Could bring lower if measures taken to being an outbreak under control
Familiar name
Looking for virus in animals.
Can't eradicate if its zoonotic. (Do white-tailed deer count? ) aphis.usda.gov/animal_health/…
Ok, I'm finished for now, but I welcome more eyes on and observations about the data, findings, conclusions, and recommendations this "Consensus document on the epidemiology of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)" from May 17, 2003
who.int/publications/i…
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h/t @EthicalSkeptic
"Probable cases" of SARS by date of onset or reporting—Worldwide, China, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Singapore, Canada, and Taiwan. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10…
Fast forward to January 2020...
Spring is apparently the best time to sound an alarm about a virus...
More on the SARS1 scam (or, if you prefer “proof-of-concept exercise”)
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