[CathyRyan]

Looking at the HK numbers I am not buying the 305 number any more. It just does not make sense. imho

[Mother Abigail]

Bogus, bogus, bogus,

Do you think the people from N.Y. city, R.I., Australia, New Mexico, etc. all had close contact with this very small subset of infected Hong Kong citizens.

The data will not support the facts. What seems more and more likely is that there is a large reservoir of pathogen in the Hong Kong area, being passed in close proximity via airborne droplets.

How large the real set of carriers is? Pick a number

[Mother Abigail]

Possible Case of Mystery Illness in N. Virginia Friday March 21,

Northern Virginia now has a possible case of that mystery illness that has already killed ten people.

The state health department says a young adult from Loudoun County is one of three possible Virginia cases of severe acute respiratory syndrome, or SARS. The flu-like illness is believed to have started in China, and all of the Virginia patients have recently come back from Asia.

The other two cases in the commonwealth are in Chesapeake and central Virginia.

[Domestic Church]

I'm not buying it either...bet it's really in the thousands.

[twntaipan]

Do you mean you think the number should be far higher if it is as contagious as feared?