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Friday, April 25, 2003Canadian dollar rebounds after SARS fears; Dow down 133.69, TSX 39.86. Financial Post Apr 25 2003 5:04PM ET
Canada fights travel warning. BBC Apr 25 2003 4:52PM ET
Majority of Torontonians feel WHO travel advisory was not justified: survey. CNEWS Apr 25 2003 4:31PM ET
Sars death toll in Toronto rises to 18. Electronic Telegraph Apr 25 2003 3:52PM ET
'Canada Is Safe From Sars'. Sky.com Apr 25 2003 3:43PM ET
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A Cure for SARS? Motley Fool: "Two biotechs are working on treatments but remain risky investments. But there's more than one reason for investors to be careful here." "Medarex (Nasdaq: MEDX) jumped 12% after it said it entered into an agreement with the University of Massachusetts Medical School in which it hopes to co-develop fully human antibodies to the respiratory illness. Meanwhile, GenVec (Nasdaq: GNVC) has signed an agreement with the National Institutes of Health to begin development of a clinical grade vaccine for SARS. GenVec is up 75% today." Savvy biotech investors realize that new treatments take years to get products to market. Caveat emptor! -Tim [Rugged Elegance, LLC: SARS In The News]
Chrétien slams WHO, promises SARS help [The Globe And Mail: National]
PM slams WHO decision, promises SARS help. Globe and Mail Apr 25 2003 11:36AM ET [Moreover - Canada news]
PM offers $10 million for Toronto SARS crisis. CTV.ca Apr 25 2003 11:33AM ET [Moreover - Canada news]
SARS Economic Costs Spreading Faster Reuters: The economic impact of SARS is spreading faster than the virus as it threatens to evolve from a short-term blow to Asian demand into a shock capable of disrupting global trade and output. So far the effect has been largely on spending by Asian consumer -- keeping people out of shops and entertainment venues, and curtailing travel and holiday plans -- but quarantine measures and fears of the disease spreading could hit production. "Investors are no longer focusing on countries with high counts of infections and deaths," Philip Wee, treasury markets strategist at DBS in Singapore said." "Attention is starting to shift to economic fallout on countries that are dependent on affected countries for growth." Link to full text of the story for more on the "Production Threat" and "Travel Hit" that is plaguing Asia because of SARS. -Jennifer [Rugged Elegance, LLC: SARS In The News]
Passengers arriving from Toronto screened for SARS. Jamaica Observer Apr 25 2003 8:33AM ET [Moreover - Canada news]
Horse race will not be cancelled because of SARS [CBC.CA]
SARS epidemic could create legal mindfield. Employers are worried that efforts to protect their workforces from the worldwide severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) epidemic could create a legal minefield. [Latest HR news from PersonnelToday.com]
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- Vacation means going to Calgary for the weekend.
- You measure distance in hours.
- You often switch from the heat to air conditioning and back in the same day.
- You know several people who have hit deer more than once.
- You use a down comforter in the summer.
- Your grandparents drive at 100 km/hour through four meters of snow, during a blizzard, without flinching.
- You carry jumper cables in your car and your girlfriend knows how to use them.
- You design your kid’s Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit.
- Driving is better in the winter because the potholes are filled.
- You know both seasons, winter and construction
- You are bundled up in three sweaters, a parka, ski pants, a toque, two pairs of mittens, boots past your knees, in three feet of snow, in a -35 (-8000 with the windchill) blizzard, your eyelashes are frozen together, your nose is running, you can’t feel your toes, and you still stop at 7 Eleven for a Slurpee on the way home.
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WHO decision politically motivated, say Toronto SARS docs [CBC.CA]
Placer Dome execs to attend Toronto annual meeting via video due to SARS [CBC.CA]
Virus Can Live 24 hours Outside Host, Study Finds Toronto Globe and Mail: "Doctors struggling to contain the SARS outbreak have laboured for more than a month under the notion that this insidious virus can live no more than a few hours outside a human host. But disturbing new research has discovered otherwise. Studies by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suggest that, unlike most respiratory viruses medicine knows, the microbe behind SARS can survive up to 24 hours on inanimate objects, turning any surface into a possible point of transmission." [Rugged Elegance, LLC: SARS In The News]
Canadian Strain of Virus Appears to Be Stronger Than U.S. Variety New York Times: "A leading American virologist said that death rates from the illness may vary among countries, in part because of differences in strains of the virus." - By Lawrence K. Altman. [Rugged Elegance, LLC: SARS In The News]
Beijing orders thousands to stay home; Canadian businesses brace for disaster. AP via New Jersey Online Apr 25 2003 5:42AM ET [Moreover - Canada news]
ALA Issues SARS Statement Regarding Toronto Conference. EContent Apr 25 2003 5:40AM ET [Moreover - Canada news]
Toronto-area pilgrims skip Mass over SARS fears. Nando Times Apr 25 2003 5:06AM ET [Moreover - Canada news]
Toronto struggles under siege from SARS and new travel advisory. AP via New Jersey Online Apr 25 2003 3:38AM ET [Moreover - Canada news]
Schools pull out of Toronto trips. CFCN Plus Apr 25 2003 3:36AM ET [Moreover - Canada news]
Calgary health region willing to accept Toronto patients. CFCN Plus Apr 25 2003 3:36AM ET [Moreover - Canada news]
SARS Update, April 25. SARS Headlines: Beijing hospitals are being sealed, as part of a city-wide SARS crackdown. The Chinese province of Anhui reports its first case. (See “China” section) Bulgaria reports its first case, a man who travelled from Toronto. Donations are being collected to buy isolation suits in Hong Kong. (See "Hong Kong" section) Singapore and Ontario, Canada governments plan to pay those who are quarantined. (See "Singapore" and "Canada" sections) The full 4/25 SARS Update is here.... [The Agonist]
The world waits as SARS epidemic grows. Almost half of the world's multinational companies have put a limit on travel to countries affected by SARS, research has found. [Latest HR news from PersonnelToday.com]
Canadians ratchet up criticism of travel advisory [GAM]
Blitz aims to calm fears of SARS, get tourists back [GAM]
Fear and shunning of Torontonians [GAM]
sars update 042503. Studies by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suggest that, unlike most respiratory viruses medicine knows, the microbe behind SARS can survive up to 24 hours on inanimate objects, turning any surface into a possible point of transmission." [Adam Curry: Adam Curry's Weblog]
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Theodore Roosevelt. "Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs even though checkered by failure, than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat." [Motivational Quotes of the Day]
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