Send good thoughts to KarlGauss

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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I just wanted to let you know that our own KarlGauss is fighting the good fight against SARS (caring for patients and colleagues who have come down with the disease, not suffering from it himself so far). I expect that’s why his posting frequency has dropped so far.

Any of you arguing about how SARS is not much to worry about should probably be ready to re-think things once KG comes back to educate us fully on the disease. At this point he may indeed be one of the top people in the world in the diagnosis and treatment of SARS patients.

So think nice things at him!

QtM

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Good thoughts headed out!

SARS is a scary reminder to all of us how small this world can be.

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Sending prayers and positive strengthening thoughts to our friend. It is so nice to know that one of our own is risking his own life to help others. As are so many others, in so many other ways.

This board is so heartening to me sometimes.

Thank you. ALL of you!!!

My Love,

Cheri

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Hey Karl, thanks and good luck with your efforts!

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Definitely sending out the good vibes from here. Fight the good fight!

F_X

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I’m asthmatic and have a hard enough time breathing as it is. SARS scares the crap out of me so people like Karl have all the good vibes I can muster.

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I sure hope he wins. Good luck Herr Doktor!

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aye. good thoughts, because it’s not one of the good airborne viruses to deal with.

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I also hope that he’s careful and the nasty buggies don’t infect him or any of the other brave souls trying to quash SARS.

:crossing fingers:

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My grandfather once told me about being in Kansas City in 1918, and seeing troop trains full of soldiers sick with influenza, and about how so many other people were ill with the disease that there wasn’t enough rooms for all of them in hospitals.

It is a sobering reminder that pandemics are not necessarily a thing of the past, when millions died around the world. SARS isn’t there yet, thank God, but such diseases are tricky little devils and it pays to be careful.

I will be very interested in hearing whatever KG can tell us when he returns. God bless him and all others working to contain and understand SARS.

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Anyone who still suggests that doctors are overpaid these days should talk to Herr Gauss.

Best of luck.

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I salute him and wish him success.

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Wow! I just wanted to thank all of you for your tremendous support. And, Qad, my pal, you make me blush!

I’ll make this short and just point to a few “highlights” (but more later):

  • my wife is freaking out and I struggle to reconcile my various obligations
  • my dear friends at work are getting infected at an alarmingly and inexplicably high rate
  • the community as a whole is actually seeing a marked reduction in the number of new cases, so the bigger picture is looking good
  • YOU DO NOT WANT THIS IN YOUR TOWN!!!

Thanks to all. You have no idea how appreciative I am of your support.

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Bless you, Karl, and best of luck!

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Karl, I am so in awe of the enormous courage that you have. Thumbs up!

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Karl, you have all my best wishes. I have to say that my heart dropped before I got to Quadgop’s parenthetical statement. I hope you’re taking care of yourself as well as your patients.

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I don’t know where KG is, but it’s started up again around here. They’ve got cases out at Royal Columbian Hospital and last I heard there’s quite a number of people in quarintine at home too.

Keep your head up and your mask down! Best of luck, God bless for what you’re doing. The 1918 'flu got my great grandfather. He was a Lutheren minister in Montana and it caught up to him while he was out doing visits to the sick. Nasty stuff for sure. I just hope you doctors, along with the nurses and medical tech’s, can get a grip on it before we have a repeat performance.

I keep hearing different opinions on just how virulent this SARS really is. Around here, it’s been kind of downplayed, but now I’m not so sure.

Take care of yourself,

zoogirl

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Hang in there. Watching closely and looking for your posts to help provide some facts instead of the media hype that has been the rule.

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In light of SARS being related to the common cold and having its ease of transmission and tendency to mutate I’m having difficulty seeing how people are saying that SARS is no big deal.

My thanks to KG for being out there. His courage in treating patients who are stricken with the disease is something the whole board should be proud of and grateful for.

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Kudos, KarlGauss. Some of us (like, uh, me) go to work, do our jobs, and go home with the world pretty much the same as it was before; thanks for being one who makes a difference.