Kaohsiung Sr. High School--- Wang Kuo-fan

Feng-Hsin Sr. High School--- Chen Chien-an

San-Min Vocational High school--- Lin Yu-shun \\ Lin Yu-ching \\ Tsao Xun-yin \\ Li Chia-an \\ Chu Ling-ya \\ Li yeh \\ Chiou Yu-ping

Members of SARS Joint presentation from Taiwan & Okinawa High School

Many people take the wrong attitude to SARS acknowledging it to be airborne infection while it's droplet infection.SARS is an atypical pneumonia caused by corona virus spreading through droplet transmission when in direct contact with the virus. Being a contagious disease, SARS broke out in China, Hong Kong, Singapore and other areas involved. Unfortunately, it spread rapidly invading Taiwan, which led to big conniption. It did harm Taiwan in many respects. As teenagers, we show our exploration and viewpoint to it as follows.

1.Understanding SARS

2.The 4 periods of SARS development in Taiwan

 

Cases/Period Prevalence Spreading Peak End

Time 2/25-4/9 4/10-5/8 5/9-5/16 5/17-7/5

Probable(Cumulative

totals)15 330 483 671

Suspect(Cumulative

totals)31 319 503 660

Death(Cumulative

totals)0 13 60 84

 

Timeline

Prevalence2/25-4/9

On March 8, 2003, the first case took place in Taipei, Taiwan. Mr. and Mrs.Chin were under treatment in National Taiwan University Hospital. From that day on, SARS started to attack Taiwan

Spreading4/10-5/8

Everyone was asked to have their temperatures taken at the airport, if it was above 37.5 and that passenger had been to an epidemic zone, quarantine would immediately follow.(April 10)

Peak5/9-5/16

Many prestigious hospitals, such as the hospital at National Taiwan University, the hospital at Kaohsiung Medical University shut down their emergency rooms. Why: They were overwhelmed with patients coming from ER seeking symptoms for fever.

End5/17-7/5

The 10-day national temperature-checking campaign. (Started on June 1, 2003)

Damage from SARS

The impact of SARS outbreak in Taiwan:

Society-It really harmed normal human contact.

Economy-SARS affected our trade-behavior as well as economic system.

Questionnaire and Analysis

Did you feel depressed during theSARS outbreak in Taiwan?

Yes69%

No31%

Did you feel insecure during theSARS outbreak in Taiwan?

Yes59%

No41%

Did you feel hopeless during theSARS outbreak in Taiwan?

Yes43%

No57%

Were you afraid of being affectedwith SARS epidemic during the

SARS outbreak in Taiwan?

[2]46%

[3]7%

[4]5% [1]

42%

[1] Yes, I was afraidof SARS very much.

[2] Yes, I was kindof afraid of SARS.

[3] No, I was notafraid of SARS.

[4] Never

During the SARS outbreak in Taiwan,did you increase your daily expenditure

on the prevention of SARS, such asfacial masks, anti-virus products,etc.

Yes88%

No12%

What about your monthly incomeduring the SARS out break in Taiwan?

61% 0%

39%

increase decrease the same

If your answer is "decrease", pleasecontinue to answer the question.

How much income did you decrease?

under 10%44%

40%~50%7%30%~40%

4%

20%~30%15%

10%~20%30%

Comparison of income decreasing in five fields.

28%0%

0%

31%

41%

the carrying trade

the tourist trade

the foodstuff industry

a government employee

medical work

As of July 5, Taiwan was removed fromthe black list of SARS affected area byWHO. Are you afraid of a reoccurrence

of SARS in Taiwan?

No88%

Yes12%

According to WHO, SARS may come back inwinter. If so, do you have confidence in dealing

with SARS problems or fighting against SARS??

Yes94%

No6%

Say Goodbye to SARSThe World Health Organization removed Taiwan from the organization's list of areas affected by severe acute respiratory syndrome on July 5. However, we should not ease our alert. We should continue global vigilance for SARS in the foreseeable future, because the world is not yet SARS-free. And we shall continuously take SARS prevention measures. –But how? Promote the family physician system Implement safe epidemic prevention measures Enhance hospital infection controls and the surveillance of newly emerging diseases. Strengthen the promotion of personal hygiene habits, making body temperature measurements, frequent hand washing, a balanced diet and more exercise part of the daily routine.

WHO claimed that SARS possible reoccur in winter,so we're supposed to have an eye on it!

Thank you for your attention !!