Newsgroup: it.hobby.viaggi
Titolo: Articolo HK molto rassicurante sulla SARS

L'hanno postato su soc.culture.hongkong, è la trascrizione di un articolo di
un giornale hongkonghese da parte di un giornalista molto famoso.
Ormai avevo già deciso da solo, ma questo articolo mi ha fatto decidere
definitivamente: il 9 maggio (sempre se le cose non peggiorassero
sensibilmente) partirò ugualmente per Hong Kong.
(Ho postato questo articolo anche su it.cultura.orientale).
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AND NOW THE GOOD NEWS
By Nury Vittachi (a well know columnist in HK)
There is a dangerous virus spreading through Hong Kong.
It is NOT atypical pneumonia.
It is PANIC
All outbreaks of any high-profile pathogen or disease (cf the UK's Mad
Cow disease) have two major effects. A tiny proportion of people are hit by
the disease itself. A large number of people, organizations and entire
industry sectors are hit by the panic that accompanies it.
Yes, you should be careful and take all precautions as advised by your
medical advisor, but no, you don't have to panic and flee Hong Kong.
1. You don't have to stay at home. At the time of writing (first week
of April, 2003), more than 99.999% of people in Hong Kong are completely
free of the SARS virus.
2. An increase in numbers doesn't mean people in every apartment block
have it. The virus's growth pattern shows a tendency to remain tightly
clustered - for example in the Prince of Wales Hospital and Amoy Gardens.
3. Ninety-nine people a day die of flu every day in the United States
alone. Of these 99, about 30 die of acute respiratory problems. In Hong
Kong, 16 people have died over a month.
4. In any large city of this size, there are hundreds of pneumonia
sufferers at any time, of which several dozen have some form of atypical
pneumonia.
5. Yes, the virus does mutate. But this doesn't necessarily mean it
continually gets more virulent. Scientists note that as SARS spreads, it
is significantly weakening from carrier to carrier.
6. The media may call it a killer virus, but the survival rate among
those hit in these clusters is 96%.
7. Yes, we all care about our children, but very few kids get it -
careful examination of lists confirms that victims tend to be elderly
people with a direct physical link to the clusters.
8. Contaminated places get clean by themselves. The virus dies without
a carrier. Some scientists estimate its life as three hours, others say a
little longer, but all agree it cannot hibernate. In other words, you can
even check into the Metropole Hotel floor 9 without fear.
9. The virus is believed to die when the air temperature reaches 27
degrees C. One hot Hong Kong day could fry all traces of it on exposed
surfaces.
10. You can keep your air conditioner on in the office. Ward 8B in the
Prince of Wales Hospital shares an air conditioning system with the
infected Ward 8A. But there was not a single infection in 8B.
11. Many people assume the "growth model" of the virus will follow
sci-fi movie scenarios. Evidence suggests it is more likely to follow
the Guangzhou experience, where it spread for a few weeks and then started
to contract.
12. The flood of panicky emails from a variety of people, including
doctors who should know better, is not helpful. One email doing the
rounds is instructing people not to exercise, for example. Panic creates
muddleheadedness. Consider the facts above. Hong Kong is our home.
Stay calm and stay healthy!
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Stefano
aka Senbee Norimaki
ICQ# 4243376
droguz-at-libero-punto-it

 AND NOW THE GOOD NEWS
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Proprio ieri sera in agenzia mi hanno fatto leggere la circolare che ha
mandato il Ministero della Sanitą a tutte le ag.viaggi per sconsigliare in
modo categorico dal fare viaggi in quelle zone.
Io ho annullato....
Roberto


se e' per quello una circolare simile era stata emessa all'indomani
dell'attentato di Bali ..... ed e' tutt'ora affissa negli uffici della
Ambasciata Italiana di Bangkok .
Bye
Jack Burton
www.thaiweb.it

 ha scritto nel messaggio
news:51hr8vs7ub723v101...@4ax.com...
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Quello che scrive il ministero non lo giudico una fonte attendibile....mi
sembra piu' attendibile giorgio che mentre scrivo mangia arachidi piccanti,
mangustan e rambutan...... io partirei sicuramente per thailandia e
malaysia, forse su HK o China eviterei....

In effetti mangiare con la mascherina e' un po' difficile ... per cui
non la porto.
:-)
E poi le arachidi piccanti non le mangio ... (troppo piccanti) ... le
lascio tutte ad un tizio molto piu' goloso di me !!!
Scherzi a parte ... a HK e a Guandong non ci andrei nemmeno io, ma qui
in Thailandia, almeno per il momento, e' tutto tranquillo.
Ovviamente dire che il rischio non esiste sarebbe una bugia, per cui
non consiglio ne' di venire come se niente fosse, ne' di farsi
prendere dal panico e buttare all'aria un viaggio.
Consultate il sito della World Health Organization (
www.who.org
)
aggiornato quotidianamente e poi fate la vostra scelta in base al
vostro carattere.
Ora vado a mangiarmi un po' di riso e mango ...
Bye
Jack Burton
www.thaiweb.it

 
www.thaiweb.it
Ciao ciao.