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Originally posted by Sharpie
Airline fare update......
As far as SARS - In Quebec, approx 1,500 people die from colds and phenomia every winter - 5 from SARS. (and they were elderly people) 0 from US - it has been the target of a 'slow news day & grossly overrated. It has cost the travel industry huge dollars - and changed the way people live WAY TOO MUCH!
Time to get back to living life!
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Actually as far as I know ZERO people have died in Quebec from SARS. There were some suspected/probable cases at one point a couple weeks ago but the only deaths in Canada were in Toronto.
As a matter of fact I did some research and it turns out that not only were there no deaths in Quebec there were never any actual cases!
Alberta
6 suspect cases
British Columbia
4 probable and 44 suspect cases
New Brunswick
2 suspect cases
Ontario
139 probable and 121 suspect cases.
23 deaths.
Transmission has been limited to specific transmission settings such as households, hospitals and specific community settings.
Prince Edward Island
4 suspect cases
Saskatchewan
1 suspect case
Check this page for a little info:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/indepth/backg...ars_cases.html