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Tuesday, May 20, 2003

IS SARS BEING COVERED UP AT A CALIFORNIA HOSPITAL?

A story in the Sierra Times by Carl F. Worden suggests that something bizarre is going on at a hospital in Vallejo, California. According to Worden's story, "While the evidence is not conclusive, information pouring in gives all indications of some type of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) outbreak has manifested itself in the Kaiser Hospital of Vallejo, California."

Worden's source was Astraea Kelly, a woman who works in the pulmonary unit at Kaiser Hospital in Vallejo. She has been sick since May 5 and she told Worden that "her symptoms began with 3 days of diarrhea, a temperature running between 100 to 101 degrees, heaviness in the chest, wheezing, and she almost had to undergo oxygen therapy." Worden also reported that, "she's still recovering two weeks later. What troubled her was the fact that so many patients in her unit presented the exact same pattern of symptoms. According to Astraea, 20 patients died in a period of one month, including those 12 who died in that period of just 4 days, and all from the same pattern of illness." A number of her co-workers also seem to have contracted the illness.

According to the story, Kelly has been accused by her hospital of using her e-mail for "inappropriare purposes" after she started communicating with her colleagues about the outbreak.

It has amazed many people that there has been no serious outbreak of SARS in America and no fatalities from the syndrome. If Kelly's assessment is accurate, the news has been too good to be true and the CDC has some troubling questions to answer.

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Terbitan : 5 Jun 2003

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