SARS

SARS put the world in great panic. SARS is short for Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, and its infectivity is so strong and fast. It is a disease that came from animals. Because some people ate animals which they shouldn't have eaten. The people were infected with the disease which we had never seen to go everywhere. As a result many people fell ill. Many people were affected and lost their families because of SARS. SARS affected travel, personal safety and daily life. It brought some traumatic experiences to the people.

People who live others countries couldn't come back China and they couldn't go where they wanted to go. When I wanted to go to another place to play with my friends, I couldn't do that because it would let me be infected with SARS. I really wanted to go there with my friends in our vacation, but my friends told me they would bring the disease back. It's dangerous for my family, so I cancelled the plan. My brother had not come back country for many years. His girlfriend and he decided to come back for a couple of months. I didn't think this was a good idea because they didn't know it was so serious in China. When I told them they thought about it for a few days. Finally they changed their mind.

If someone got a cold that was the worst thing at that time. When people got cold at that time, they seemed like being infected with SARS. Some people didn't care whether they got cold or not, and they didn't think about it but it would bring panic to other people. My mom got cold at that time. Her skin was sensitive, so her skin was a little red and she always coughed. She looked like being infected with it, I felt it was the worst thing in my life at that time. We went to hospital and had many medical check-ups. Lucky, my mom just had a cold. However, there were some people were not lucky like my family. They were infected with SARS. they thought they just go cold and came right in several days, but they took the disease to go everywhere. When they knew what happened on their body, it was too late. Therefore, many people died because of that.

People who wanted to go outside had to stay at home, because no place was safe. People couldn't go anywhere where you wanted to go. Home was a safest place. I had to stay at home to watch TV or play computer. The schools were even closed. My friend had a birthday party and let me go, but I didn't receive the invitation. we should avoid to go the place where there were so many people, so I had to make that choice. Although my friend was angry with me. I heard of one of my friends was separated in hospital, it scared me. Because I just met him at his home before three days, I thought I was so lucky. I wasn't infected with it. After that my friend told the phase days of in hospital liked in jail, he just lied on the bed all the time.

SARS affected all of people's daily life and many people died. People should not eat all animals, you didn't know which was good or bad for your health. We should control our world and protect the environment. Many people think we can cure all diseases, but they don't know how to cure the new one that we have never seen. If we don't realize that, who knows when the second SARS is coming.