Thank you Christopher! More evidence to support the hypothesis that the news media causes intense stress.
And, if anything ever happens in Arkansas, I'll be the second (after Jim Guinee) to report an eyewitness account. Sherry Ferguson Sherry A. Ferguson, Ph.D. Research Psychologist National Center for Toxicological Research/FDA 3900 NCTR Road Jefferson, AR 72079 > -----Original Message----- > From: Christopher D. Green [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2003 11:01 AM > To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences > Subject: Re: Chinese scare in class > > sylvestm wrote: > > > I have a Chinese student in my class who also works at a Chinese > > restaurant with lots of chinese on staff. The student who sits next to > her > > is concerned about the SARS disease which has killed people in Asia. > > Is her anxiety justified? and how should I react? > > No it isn't, unless the student has come back from Guangdong or that > region in > the past 10 days, or is currently showing symptoms. Here in Toronto (the > North > American "hotspot") every person who is even suspected of having the > disease > (about 150 people, mostly hospital personnel) had *first degree* contact > with a > person who had recently returned from southern China (and a few smaller > southeast asian countries) or had recently returned him- or herself. It > has not > spread beyond that group. > > By the way, despite what you might have seen on TV, life here in Toronto > is > going on almost completely normally. The outbreak is mainly confined to > two > hospitals, one in the eastern suburbs, the other in the northen suburbs. > Many > other hospitals are now working on under various kinds of less stringent > restrictions to keep it from spreading further. One school has been closed > for > a few days because a parent who should have quarantined herself went on > field > trip with some of the children, but it is scheduled to re-open on Monday. > The > pictures that have been broadcast of people wearing masks are mostly of > hospital workers who are on break, or just leaving the hospital. People > are > *not* generally wearing masks, nor are they confining themselves to home > (except those who are under 10-day quarantine). > > Regards, > -- > Christopher D. Green > Department of Psychology > York University > Toronto, Ontario, Canada > M3J 1P3 > > phone: 416-736-5115 ext.66164 > fax: 416-736-5814 > e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.yorku.ca/christo/ > > > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
