SARS is going out of control here. If you read the papers, each day, the level of fear is higher. NOW, today, Saturday, the govt is finally getting tough. Did you see the photo on the back page of the Post today, of TRA staff washing the air vents of the trains and MRT cars? Wow.
I was going to go into Taipei today from Keelung, but after buying a ticket and waiting on the platform, I began reading the Post and said WHOA! this is dangerous. GOing into taipei, under the Taipei Train Station with all that re-circulating air, is plumb dangerous. I cancelled my ticke, got out of the Keelung station and went back home. Sheesh, this SARS thing is gonna grow bigger and bigger, folks. We are in the midst of a major major epidemic of staggering proportions and it is only going to get worse from here on out. Be careful. Stay home. Wash hands, yes, and wear mask.
I predict 5,000 dead in Taiwan from SARS before the end of this year, with 800 of them being foreigners. We are all gonna lost friends. If you don’t believe me, read between the lines in the news reports in all the newspapers now. THIS IS IT. We are in for major major deathville.
Please disagree with me.
btw – A Taiwanese female friend, wrote to me today: “Hi: I finally get rid of my cold completely now, but am afraid of getting SARS
now.
It’s so terrible.”
And to omnilokwaicious above: yes, this is scary. You were not scaremongering, you were telling the truth. This is really gonna hit hard, day after day. What we need now, in addition to complaining etc, is to get word out to everyone as to how they fight this epidemic. Should we leave the island soon? By air or by boat? the AIT is now advising Americans NOT to travel To Taiwan. What should we do, those of us who are here, from all foreign countries? Go back home. try out luck with the crummy health care here? Die in peace.
yes, omin, this is the mother of all epidemics, and it is HERE now…
we need info: please post what you are HEARING…
Okay, I am freaking out, I admit. Please, post what you know, and what you are hearing from those who speak Chinese here. The news media is holding back, naturally. They do not want to cause alarm. BUT…