Hey guys!
While the SARS cases are a concern, please don't get the wrong picture. I live in Hamilton, 45 minutes down the highway from Toronto. I have not seen anyone walking around in public with masks on. Life is carrying on like normal. The only impact this has on people around me is that hospitals are not allowing visitors in to visit loved ones unless they are screened and are very close relatives. And perhaps occassionally, if you see someone coughing and looking sick you may think of SARS. I teach in a school and one of my students had a bad cold this week. Guess what she had? A bad cold. She coughed and she stayed home one day. Life is normal. We are all aware also (because of the news) of the symptoms. Most who show symptoms I think would stay home and take appropriate action. My point is life is pretty much going on as normal. The images you see of people with masks on etc. is not what Toronto looks like. Those images are coming from the eastern countries where the disease has a far more serious grip on the population. Medical authorities in Ontario have kept the spread of the disease under control. Recent news reports are suggesting that there are no new cases and that we are turning a corner.
Please don't cancel your train trip. I think that you will be safe. And that train trip is nowhere near where the outbreak has occurred.
Just a few thoughts from someone in Ontario and who lives close to Toronto.
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