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Source: http://thetyee.ca/CanadianPress/2013/03/07/SARS-Legacy-22374306/
A decade after devastating outbreak, is the world better prepared for next SARS?
Helen Branswell, Today, Canadian Press
TORONTO - An unknown bat virus that found a way into human lungs in 2003 served as a global wake-up call to the threat of new infectious diseases. But a decade after SARS crippled health-care systems in affected cities and knocked billions out of the global economy, is the world better prepared to handle similar threats? Is Canada?
In the main, depending on where you live, the answer is likely yes, many experts say ? though some are unimpressed by the degree of progress and some worry economic constraints may undermine any improvements that have been made...
A decade after devastating outbreak, is the world better prepared for next SARS?
Helen Branswell, Today, Canadian Press
TORONTO - An unknown bat virus that found a way into human lungs in 2003 served as a global wake-up call to the threat of new infectious diseases. But a decade after SARS crippled health-care systems in affected cities and knocked billions out of the global economy, is the world better prepared to handle similar threats? Is Canada?
In the main, depending on where you live, the answer is likely yes, many experts say ? though some are unimpressed by the degree of progress and some worry economic constraints may undermine any improvements that have been made...