The experience of SARS indicates that some patient populations require a level of vigilance that is more stringent than that required in others.
"Out of this event in Paris will come an even greater level of vigilance and cooperation in some places that may have been a little bit less concerned about things hitting them in certain parts of the world," Kerry predicted.
But this level of vigilance is sometimes unnecessary, he said, "and in some cases, quite detrimental to the seller," especially if a buyer is rejected and there are no guarantees that a second buyer would be willing to pay the same price.
And the level of vigilance varies wildly.
Rather, they are suggestive of an unhealthy level of vigilance and suspicion when it comes to female independence.
The level of vigilance by public health scientists shouldn't transfer to panic in the general public, Mr. Andreadis said.
"You should take care in public places where people gather, and exercise a heightened level of vigilance.
"If the organic standards require this level of vigilance, they must be doing something right," Dr. Nestle says.
High level of vigilance for the diagnosis of MetS is expected among health providers.
As a second-generation Indian, born and raised in America, I find myself operating at an elevated level of vigilance.
