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[petronia]

Well, the SARS paranoia has reached these shores. I've been forbidden to enter Chinatown until they get it under control in Ontario. People won't even go shopping for fear of coming into contact with... other Asians who may have been to Asia lately. >_>

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[itlandm.livejournal.com]

I wouldn't call it paranoia, except for the general fear of Asians. This is a disease that kills ca 5% even with intensive care ... respirators and such. If it breaks out of control, there won't be intensive care for common people, only politicians and the truly rich. In that case, you're likely to lose 10% of your devoted readers. And you wouldn't want to contribute to that in any way, now would you?

[petronia.livejournal.com]

Well, there are precautions and precautions. Now is not the best time to vacation in Hong Kong, and one should be taking the same type of preventive measures against flu and colds anyway, as a matter of course. But avoiding Chinese grocers when there hasn't been so much as a suspected case in Quebec, and the Ontario cases don't involve transmission within the general public?

I'll do it anyway, because it's no particular skin off my nose. But methinks it's definitely erring on the side of safe. :)

[z107m.livejournal.com]

my mother was a bit more broad with her restrictions. i'm told not to visit chinatown or eat out, at all, chinese, japanese, american, anywhere where ppl might be. after all, anywhere where ppl might be, might include asians, americans, hispanics, _anyone_ might have it.

anyone!!!! AIIEEEEE!!!

-_-

[petronia.livejournal.com]

Yeah, to be honest I'm not supposed to eat out at all, and concurrently to wash my hands a lot and try to get through my day without touching any doorknobs. ^_^;; But I mentally edited it down to "Staying out of Chinatown will do."

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[z107m.livejournal.com]

^^;; gee, in a misery-loves-company-sort-of-way glad to hear we're in the same boat. :b