SOUNDING BOARD is an outlet for opinions on good and crazy things going on at home (wherever I may be). All are welcome. You are not expected to bring anything except your common sense & sense of humor.
'If the automobile had followed the same development cycle as the computer, a Rolls-Royce would today cost $100, get one million miles to the gallon, and explode once a year, killing everyone inside.'
-Robert X. Cringely (from geek wisdom)
An autopsy on SARS-victim Adela Catalon's father showed the elder Catalon had died from pneumonia according to Health Secretary Manuel Dayrit. This is the first confirmed local transmission. Dayrit said the lungs showed bronchopneumonia, which could have been the immediate cause of death.
The first thing that comes to my mind is the corona virus and whether or not the virus was found in the autopsy (it was not mentioned in the news report). Or whether this is really SARS or regular pneumonia. However, given that this thing is being blown out of proportions, in the minds of people, it does not matter whether Philippines is 'SARS-free' or not. SARS is here and that's what matters.
Try coughing and people will look at you as if you're a carrier or something. Try calling in sick and report to work the following day. The first question they'll ask is, 'do you have SARS?'
I hate this shit we are in. Most of all, I hate how people react to this shit.
posted by Allan at 12:40 PM (GMT+8)
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