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DISCUSSION: Changes in Prioritization Depending on Influenza Pandemic Severity

COMMENT: I think we were just lucky to be able to contain SARS


Submitted by Caroline Bridgers on 12/5/07 8:35 AM

My understand of the way SARS spread is, it was very virulent BUT it wasn't contagious until people started showing symptoms. Therefore with a high amount of vigilance, we were able to track people down and use isolation and quarantine to stop the spread.

I was under the impression that we physically STOPPED SARS, that it didn't just die out because its victims died.

Is this incorrect?

Boy oh boy, I would love to know for sure that a pandemic such as H5N1 simply couldn't, ever, at all, become a pandemic at say over 2.5% fatality rate. But I have been looking into this for quite some time and I cannot find any studies that say this can't happen.


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Submitted by Nicholas Dewar Facilitator  on 12/5/07 06:15 AM