Only a MORON Would Quarintine Himself

[Navaros]

If someone thinks he possibly might have SARS, he is being told to "quarintine yourself for 10 days". Only an idiot would do this.

What this really means is: "refuse to make any money for 10 days, although of course, your Bills and Rent will still need to be paid for that time, for which you are SOL if you take our advice."

My conclusion: only a MORON would quarintine himself for this reason.

The government where I live is telling people to quarintine themselves at their own expense. What a crock of BS that is. If I went to visit a friend of mine at a hospital and caught SARS from the contagious hospital, I would not quarintine myself at all. Not unless my employer and/or the government was gonna pay 100% of my wages during that time. Otherwise, I'd cheerfully go to work and infect any of those mofos without prejudice. I wouldn't let someone steal from my pockets because of someone else's (ie: hospital staff) incompetence.

[XxxbillabongxxX]

Yeah, you would have to be pretty dumb to do that!

[Khan]

Wow, I haven't read a topic like this since Navaros...

[DjCiD]

Maybe one day Nav will come back and these two will have it out... ;D or at least he can set this Arohk guy straight on a few things ;)

[SurlyPIG]

So, in other words, two weeks pay is more valuble to you than your own life and the lives of countless others?

One guy thought like you did. He considered it his religious duty to attend church at any cost, and he did, and now six hundred people have been exposed, dozens of whom have come down with SARS. Hopefully Darwin's theory will come into effect. As he will likely lead to the deaths of others, I won't be so sorry if he does not recover.

[Vanguard3000]

One guy thought like you did...

I heard about a similar thing not long ago. A girl who was suspected of having SARS went to school to take an exam, and they had to quarantine the school (or a part of it).

[SurlyPIG]

Silly...just silly. It's a matter of life and death. People ignorant of how viruses work may lead to the deaths of dozens upon dozens of others. Remember, one person brought SARS to Toronto, and now look what happened. Thankfully, because of smarter handling, the one that landed in Vancouver with SARS has not spread very far. It's paradise compared to the situation in Toronto. Why? Because people did the OPPOSITE of what Arokh said; they took precautions, quarantined themselves, wore masks, cleaned vigorously, etc.

This is the WORST advice I've heard - ever. Please, nobody follow this!

[Mahdi]

Ever heard of Typhod Mary?

[Vanguard3000]

Sure do. Mary Mallon's her full name. I did some research on her while starting one of my unfinished works. Or was that a rhetorical question?

[Mahdi]

Rhetorical. Glad you can understand my comment, though.

[Navaros]

ACElethal,

first of all, you need to realize that they are not just telling people who *HAVE* SARS to stay home, but anyone who has any *SYMPTOM* of SARS. which could also be nothing to do with SARS (ie: a harmless common cold) since the symptoms are so generic

if it's such a serious matter then why wouldn't the government pay for people who they think need to be serious about it? if the government or employers don't take it seriously - if life or death is not worth 2 weeks pay to them - then why should *I* take it seriously?

furthermore, not paying bills can be a matter of life or death too. we all need to eat. if the government tells me: "don't eat for 10 days because some of our medical staff are incompetent and failed to warn you, and that's *YOUR* problem!" then why should I listen?

not eating is a bigger matter of life and death than quarintining youself based on speculation. going to Church is not a matter of life and death. that guy who went to Church was a jerk, but the two situations are not comparable

[lowzeewee]

Only a navaroish person would not quarantine himself and spread Spamming,Annoying,Repeatitive,Shitty[sARS] to other people like me :'(

BTW,navaros,why would you be so dumb as to do that,LOL!Try coming to Singapore to do that,you will get fined,rich little boy!

[SurlyPIG]

Colds don't give you a high fever, SARS does. The symptoms are not comparable. The only think you could mistake it for would be a very bad flu, and if you had gotten your annual flu shot, which you should have, you would either never catch a flu or if you did the symptoms would be so lame you wouldn't be able to tell it was anything more than a common cold virus.

Most employers will continue to pay you provided you can give details about how you had been in contact with someone who had SARS (ie name them, say when you were in contact with them and where etc). If you do this and your employer still doesn't pay you, they're slimeballs and you shouldn't be working for slimeballs anyway.

If you don't follow quarantine procedures, you WILL kill other people. A couple of idiots in Toronto did this, thankfully the effected parties in Vancouver did not. Two people with SARS came into Canada; one trail caused havoc and one did not. The disease is the same, the level of transmitability is the same, the people are not.

[Dante]

Just as a thought, how high is the mortality rate? If it isn't too high it shouldn't matter. That and the fact that the more people catch it, the more people will survive and become immune! Isn't science wonderful?

Typhoid Mary, heh heh. Wasn't she eventually paid not to work as a cook?

[SurlyPIG]

Fatality rate for each nation effected by SARS is between 3% and 5%. Canada is at 4%. It kills older people the worst, younger people have a higher survival rate. Sometimes even a flu can kill an elderly person, to the rates are a wee bit skewed. As a young, healthy person, if you were to contract SARS, your chance of surviving would most likely be upwards of 96-99%ish.

[VigilVirus]

The fatality rate is low, but the disease is quite unpleasant. Many have to be connected to a respirator.

[Navaros]

how do you know what the fatality rate is?

i heard there was no CURE for SARS so that if you get it, then you get it for life. in which case you can't put a % on the fatality rate 'cause most of the ppl who have it are just fatalities-waiting-to-happen

[nampigai]

damn I wouldn't like to know what you would do if you caught AIDS.

[lowzeewee]

You are being selfish by getting out of home quarantine and infecting others >:(

[Terror]

yeah nav, you are nothing better than those people who have aids, and take blood out of their body, to inject it into innocent victims.

[Dante]

Just because there's no cure doesn't mean that someone will have it indefinately. To my knowledge there is no cure for many viral diseases, just innoculations and things to ease the symptoms. I don't know if SARS is viral or not but either way, I don't think a respitory syndrome would be permenent.

Besides, sooner or later everyone will catch it anyway so why delay the process?

[Edric O]

In the interest of Humanity, I propose that we put Nav to sleep. Everyone who's with me raise your hand! :)

And Dust Scout, where did you get the idea that "everyone will get it in the end"? That's crazy. If we contain it, the epidemic will burn itself out. And in any case, it will buy us precious time to find a cure.

[Dante]

If a disease is here the it cannot be erased. Smallpox is no exception, animals can catch it and they still do. Sooner or later a disease with this much spreading power will get everywhere. It's only a matter of time.

It may burn itself out, but the moment we turn our backs it will be back. Besides, like I said, the more people catch it, the more chance of an immunity developing.

[Edric O]

And the less people catch it, the more we will be able to save once we find a cure.

[Ice_Cube]

Do you think it is more likely that we will find a cure or a vaccine first? Does anyone knoe which of those two they are pumping most resources into?