I have several friends, all Homeopaths, who continue to work at Sunnybrook, Women's College, Centennial, and St. Joseph's hospitals in Toronto.

There are 3 - 5 (three to five) confirmed cases of SARS in Toronto. Actually, in all of Canada.
These patients were all, without exception, suffering from other immunocompromising conditions and were quite advanced in age.

There is NO epidemic here in Canada. Oh, yes, news broadcasts talk and talk about more and more "suspected" or "possible" cases of SARS. But, people, its still flu season, okay? These cases are "suspected" or "possible"--never confirmed. The symptoms given for SARS at the moment are:

fever of 100 degrees F (38C)
body aches and pain
cough

Wow, talk about vague. Sounds like any old mild flu--which, believe me, always brings in plenty of people to the hospital for outpatient clinics and emergency rooms. And also kills plenty of people every single year when flu epidemics hit.

For liability reasons, hospitals are closing their doors to the public in a very vocal way. But let's not forget that for decimation of funding reasons, the hospitals in the Toronto area have been closing their doors to the public in a very quiet way for over 8 years now. Bare- bones nursing and support staff issues, 16 closed hospitals in Toronto alone, and doctors who are expected to cover hundreds of patients both chronic and emergency in one shift will leave a hospital quite liable to legal recourse if anyone should suffer anything untoward at any time--but this is especially true during a time when such a mass hysteria is being created over what appears to be a variant of the flu which may adversely effect the very weak and compromised who become exposed to it. Also, let's not forget Tony Clement's own fear: after being health minister for a party which caused several thousands to suffer--and many to die-- from E coli poisoning in Walkerton, Ontario, and after being responsible for the decimation of hospitals and health services in the province, the last thing he and his party want is yet another huge death toll as a result of their short sighted decision making. If people should actually suffer because of the lack of available care and facilities which now exist because of their crazy decisions, the hospitals would be further impoverished, and the voters would be furious with yet another list of fatalities. Yes, election time is just a few short weeks away here in Ontario!

Finding a genus epidemicus remedy would be a great deal easier...if there were actually an epidemic. What we really have is a few cases of very severe respiratory symptoms--which would probably effect the rest of the population like any other upper respiratory tract infection we deal with every flu season. So, ddx has to be between the tried and true "flu" remedies we've used in genus epidemicus--but, truly, there really is so little to go on. One differentiator: the severe respiratory symptoms are like pneumonia--so you would have to consider remedies which effect the lungs in this way as well as cause the all over aches and pains and fever.

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