Impact

During the development of this website we received an e-mail from Christine Gaspar, a nurse from the North York hospital in Toronto. She advised us to consider the human factor and not only caring about the facts of SARS. Therefore we have added this Impact section.

Content Outline

All content of this section is listed below.

Impact of SARS

SARS Essay
SARS. Some tremble when they hear of the name while others count how lucky they were to escape of contracting the deadly virus. This article talks about measures at schools in Singapore, air travel, prevention and more.

Case Studies

Amoy Gardens Outbreak
Towards the end of March 2003, an outbreak of SARS occurred among residents of Amoy Gardens (Hong Kong), resulting in 321 SARS cases. In this case study, we will look at how SARS managed to infect so many people in just one place, and how this could have been prevented.
Lab Incidents
In this case study, we will take a look at the two lab incidents involving SARS which happened in 2003. We will do compare and contrast, and find out what steps can be taken to prevent such cases from happening again in the future.

Pioneers & Heroes

Dr. Carlo Urbani
Dr. Carlo Urbani is perhaps one of the most recognized heroes of the SARS outbreak. His friends and colleagues will most likely remember him as the person who first detected SARS.
Dr. Guan Yi
Article about Dr. Guan Yi, a virologist and avian flu expert who discovered that civet cats carry a virus which is very similar to the coronavirus that causes SARS.

Fast Figures