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People are really freaked about SARS at my school. They keep calling me to make sure I’m in and tellin gme to keep my windows open and drink my SARS tea. I heard that they put up a police roadblock outside te city and are sending anyone with a cough directly to the hospital. Now this really scares me. It is very easy to get a cold in China because of the pollution and all the people. Getting he cold dosn’t scare me, but going to the hospital terrifies me. I can’t think of a better way to get SARS.
I talked to the girl I know in Beijing and she said her father has not been allwoed home from the hospital for two weeks, because they have SARS there. She said he dosn’t have SARS but you never know.
I’ve been planning a trip to the mountains near my city, I’ve figured it will be safe because teir probably won’t be to many peopl ethere, but I’m not sure if I want to risk the roadblock. Basically I think I can stay safe if I avoid crowds and don’t do stupid shit like share drinks with random drunken people and run away from anyone with a fever and a shallow cough. It’s just the unknownables that have me worried. How many SARS patients are their in the city?
I also read that they are telling tour groups not to go to rural parts of China. Is this because they don’t want the tour groups to infect the people in the country side or does it mean that SARS is running rampant in the countryside and they will never get this damn thing under control?
Oh yeah, all those masks people are wearing are useless as protection, though they proably do help stop people who are already infected from spreading the virus. But if you are SARS free they are pretty worthless.