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> 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, ...

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...

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 ...

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 ...

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...

> 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? ____________________...

> 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...

(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...

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&...

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&...

"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...

"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...

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...

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...

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...

steven44121wrote: > Steve, I just read through 10+ Toronto Star SARS articles trying to hunt this down and I could not find it. Could you please post the url? Thank you, Epaminondas

"It was involuntary. They sank my boat." Remark when asked how he became a hero. John Fitzgerald Kennedy _______________________________ I have been concerned about Wendy, too, but I see that she is posting elsewhere on th...

sixes, fergus, steven, Trish, RN4ev'r, Thank you for the "you are there" perspective. It is extremely helpful. Particularly the information on masks. Mask questions: Actual mask preferences: N95s, N99s, or N100s? 3M or other manufacturers? Sta...

Greetings Ontario! I write from south of the border. No SARS deaths here yet. Not even any cases yet in our state. I am looking to your experience with SARS to learn. Wondering if I am looking into the future . . . Or if SARS is now something for w...