tinydancer
Diamond Member
Why does the Canadian want us to panic and spend massive amounts of taxpayer money?
Oh bite me. Come on now. I've not recommended panicking.
But I'm not getting a warm and fuzzy witnessing the poor response by the CDC to date.
I'll tell you straight up though that if protocols are not put in place now you will pay a price. In lives and economically.
Think of a breakout of ebola in NYC. Nightmare alley. Cost us millions. This is just an early report.
INDEPTH: SARS
The Economic Impact of SARS
CBC News Online | Updated July 8, 2003
TORONTO
Toronto businesses were hit hard by SARS, says Joe Mihevc, Toronto city councillor and chair of the city's health board. "We are talking... millions of dollars in lost potential (economic activity)," he told CBC Newsworld on April 20.
Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) was taking a devastating toll on the tourism sector even before the World Health Organization released its advisory against non-essential travel to Toronto. The advisory is making a bad situation worse.
- cancellations at Greater Toronto Area hotels led to an estimated $39 million in lost revenues during the month of April 2003 alone (Source: Canadian Tourism Commission)
- audiences at theatres dwindled
- bus and tour companies were hit – more than 800 bus tours were cancelled as of April 24, with an estimated economic loss of $5 million to $6 million*
- fewer people were dining at restaurants – restaurant business was down between 20 and 30 per cent, according to economic development commissioner Joe Halstead*
- conventions were cancelled – the cancellation of one health-care convention probably cost the region about $6 million, according to Ontario Enterprise Minister Jim Flaherty
*Source: Toronto Star
Some banks had already planned to help. The Royal Bank, for example, looked into a program to help clients by deferring payments such as it did during the Quebec ice storm and the Manitoba flood in the 1990s. Other banks considered similar plans.
CBC News Indepth SARS