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  1. > HoJo, Vegetarians do not take prisoners! ;-) > Of course. But if and when you go to Las Vegas, HoJo, it helps to deal realistically with the odds. Smokers and people who eat an unhealthy diet, don't exercise, and/or are overweight can win, ...
  2. Caroladybelle, Thank you for the correction. Much appreciated. As to yourself - and to any others whose dietary motivations I may have misattributed as health-oriented when the actual motivations may be spiritual, religious, philosophical, moral, e...
  3. HoJo, I have been enjoying your posts. > Not a problem. I am pleased to oblige with an abridged version: (1) > The American Dietetic Association http://www.eatright.org/adap1197.html (2) > Fifth Edition of the USDA Dietary Guidelines for ...
  4. SARS What you need to know

    5,000 are in Quarantine. A school has closed. Hospitals are in infectious disease mode. The Canadian health care establishment has been concealing the true extent of SARS. There is no reason not to visit Toronto. Y'all come visit - ya hear? Focus on ...
  5. Vegetarianism. One can always point to extreme cases to discredit those with whom one disagrees. The Vegetarian can point to the obese MacDonald's-obsessed meat-eating couch potato. The Omnivore can point to the scared-of-his-own-shadow anorexic Fr...
  6. SARS What you need to know

    > This is very unfortunate. I may never drink another cup of Kopi Luwak, again. _____________________________________ > Trish, Any front line change from the latest events, or were y'all already in full "new-normal" status? ____________________...
  7. If there was a SARS case in USA?

    > As of May 22, 2003, the CDC has recorded 65 cases of Probable SARS and 290 cases of Suspect SARS in the United States. > Yes. E.R. protocol is in place. N95 masks have been individually fitted - physicians, nurses, radiology, lab. Goggles, ca...
  8. SARS in Toronto!

    (1) Toronto: Two new SARS cases in hospital workers Thursday, May 01, 2003: http://www.canada.com/national/features/sars/story.html?id=4B3118D4-E436-4957-8B1F-B35DFE6EC82D (2) Toronto: Two more dead from SARS Wednesday, April 30, 2003: http://www.c...
  9. SARS in Toronto!

    SARS Death Rate Seen Higher as Asia Seeks Screening: http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=2635934 Taiwan Bans Visitors From Canada: http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=OA04BRSTN0NGYCRBAEKSFFA?type=topNews&...
  10. SARS in Toronto!

    SARS Death Rate Seen Higher as Asia Seeks Screening: http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=2635934 Taiwan Bans Visitors From Canada: http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=OA04BRSTN0NGYCRBAEKSFFA?type=topNews&...
  11. SARS in Toronto!

    "What I'm doing right here, right now, is sending out a message to this CDC group, whoever the hell they are," he said. "Who? WHO, sorry. Well, who's the CDC? Oh. OK. The WHO. And the message I'm sure will reach them through you (is) that I dare them...
  12. SARS in Toronto!

    "What I'm doing right here, right now, is sending out a message to this CDC group, whoever the hell they are," he said. "Who? WHO, sorry. Well, who's the CDC? Oh. OK. The WHO. And the message I'm sure will reach them through you (is) that I dare them...
  13. SARS in Toronto!

    This ony is denied to God: the power to undo the past. Agathon 448-400 B.C. ______________________________________ Denial: SARS worldwide has put the travel/tourist industry and the healthcare industry into direct conflict with one another. Very sim...
  14. SARS on CNN 8:30pm 4/22

    Passing thru wrote: > This from the Toronto Star: > From: Apr. 21, 2003. 01:00 AM Doctors look at flu for answers Like it, illness could mutate TANYA TALAGA MEDICAL REPORTER http://thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?GXHC_gx_session_id_=1b83347...
  15. SARS in Toronto!

    When you come to a fork in the road, take it. Yoggi Berra ______________________________________ This post is intended to be more on the sociology of SARS than on the medicine, nursing, or science. RN4ev'r wr...