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This paper discusses a number of issues regarding the epidemic S.A.R.S. These include the question of the genesis and origins of the virus and the consequences, in both the short and long terms, of SARS as one of a number of previously unknown viral infections affecting world health. This paper also looks at the background, causes, symptoms and effects of the disease. One of the central points in this paper is that S.A.R.S. should not be seen as an isolated event. The writer shows how the wide ranging effects and implications of the epidemic are still being studied and debated today.

Table of Contents
Introduction
Background
Causes
The Symptoms and Spread of S.A.R.S.
The Effects of S.A.R.S.
Prevention and Solutions
Conclusion

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"The spread of the virus is through close person-to-person contact. Transmission through the spread of respiratory droplets through actions such as sneezing and coughing is common. The virus that causes SARS is thought to be transmitted most readily by respiratory droplets (droplet spread) produced when an infected person coughs or sneezes. Furthermore, it is also suspect by medical experts that SARS can be spread through airborne infection. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) reported that ...SARS appears to be spread by close person-to-person contact. Potential ways include touching the skin of other people or objects that are contaminated with infectious droplets and then touching the eyes, nose, or mouth. Or the virus can be transmitted when someone who is sick with SARS coughs or sneezes droplets into the air and someone else breathes them in. It's also possible that SARS can be spread more broadly through the air, or by other ways that are currently unknown."

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