This is a pretty reliable source:
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SARS was not the exclusive province of China, Toronto or Singapore. Two prominent Tallahassee residents (who I obviously cannot identify for HIPAA reasons) were infected by SARS during a visit to China in 2003. The CDC and WHO were actually monitoring their health following their return to Tallahassee. By proxy, they were monitoring Tallahassee for signs of SARS infection.
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The issue is that the CDC reported only 8 confirmed cases (several MMWR below), in seven different states (California being the only state with two cases):
So are these retrospectively identified cases, or should the new article have contained the word "suspect"? There were several hundred suspected, but negative cases in the USA...
[snip]
SARS was not the exclusive province of China, Toronto or Singapore. Two prominent Tallahassee residents (who I obviously cannot identify for HIPAA reasons) were infected by SARS during a visit to China in 2003. The CDC and WHO were actually monitoring their health following their return to Tallahassee. By proxy, they were monitoring Tallahassee for signs of SARS infection.
[snip]
The issue is that the CDC reported only 8 confirmed cases (several MMWR below), in seven different states (California being the only state with two cases):
So are these retrospectively identified cases, or should the new article have contained the word "suspect"? There were several hundred suspected, but negative cases in the USA...
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