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September 08, 2003
SARS

Obviously I didn't go to work today. So I'm stumbling through the news and I come across an article just a few hours old that says WHO says SARs may resurface...that it is still out there.

So as I back click to the main page, lo and behold it's been updated to read:

SARs May Have Resurfaced

Singapore became the first country to report a possible return of SARS on Monday, saying tests showed one man might have caught the potentially deadly disease, hours after the WHO had warned the virus could reappear.

The Ministry of Health said initial tests appeared to show one man had tested positive for the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome virus, in what it believed was an isolated case.

"Initial tests seem to indicate this person has the SARS virus, but we are doing further tests tonight," a ministry spokeswoman told Reuters, referring to polymerase chain reaction tests that scientists use to identify genetic material.

Now I'm not done stumbling around and I come across this article from Friday:

Quick Test For SARs Developed in Singapore

Now I know I read way too many thrillers and have always admitted to being a tad bit paranoid..BUT Friday they announce a test and 72 hours later they have their first potential victim in the same place? What's the chances?

Posted by Dawn at 11:00 AM | Comments (1) |
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Dawn, that was sneaky.....not leaving a place to comment about the mammogram. You get yourself off to the clinic and get it done! And this time,when you get the biopsy done, get it done somewhere where they know what they are doing. What kind of medical facility takes three months to read a biopsy?!

You owe it to yourself to maintain your good health. Now get out there and get it done, or I'll ask the Sarge to nag you, and all his friends, too! None of us want to loose you, especially to something that could have been cured. Now, GO!

Posted by: Buffy at September 9, 2003 01:36 PM

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