[theFIRMbss]

>SARS

"Looking for a cause

"CDC is working with other laboratories to find the cause of the disease. Labs in Germany and Hong Kong have found patients harboring particles of what appear to be paramyxoviruses -- responsible for such common illnesses as mumps and measles -- which they say may turn out to be the cause.

"It also includes a subfamily of viruses that can be transmitted between animals and people."

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Is this the sequel
to AIDS? It surely acquired
its acronym fast...

[Mother Abigail]

Is this the sequel to AIDS? It surely acquired its acronym fast..."

I suppose this is as good a time as any to deal with this entire complex set of questions.

Are we chasing ghosts? Is it possible that, like in the AIDS epidemic, we are looking at the residual effect of a compromised immune system? Is the finding of paramyxoviruses in the victims an artifact?

Yes...

We must not rule out a systemic failure, caused by agents unknown, that allows the system to pick up particles of common viruses - which are then detected in laboratory analysis.

Is "Fast AIDS" a possibility? Oh yes my friend...