# Occupational infection statistics for prior SARS outbreaks?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 1, 2020, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/occupational-infection-statistics-for-prior-sars-outbreaks/850818 "2020-04-01T18:22:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2020, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/occupational-infection-statistics-for-prior-sars-outbreaks/850818/1 "2020-04-01T18:22:31Z")

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This is coronavirus-adjacent, so if it needs to be moved that’s okay.

I’m looking for statistics showing how coronavirus is affecting people by job category/industry (as in, “doctors (or whoever) are 12% more likely to be infected than the general public.”) However, I can’t find those numbers, except for very small sample sizes in places like Singapore. I’m assuming they don’t exist yet.

Does anyone know where I can find similar numbers for prior SARS epidemics or pandemics? Note that I need hard statistics on infection rates, not predictions.

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2020, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/occupational-infection-statistics-for-prior-sars-outbreaks/850818/2 "2020-04-02T00:24:50Z")

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**KarlGauss** might know.

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**Author:** ![KarlGauss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karlgauss/32/3713_2.png) [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2020, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/occupational-infection-statistics-for-prior-sars-outbreaks/850818/3 "2020-04-02T01:35:03Z")

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If I am understanding you correctly, [this article](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2870380/) _may_ be of some interest (with ref#12 our Toronto health workers study).

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**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2020, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/occupational-infection-statistics-for-prior-sars-outbreaks/850818/4 "2020-04-02T17:22:16Z")

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That works! I’m looking for something a bit broader (i.e. covering more industries) but I’ll take what I can get.