[Paleo Conservative]

I hope it is quickly contained. It could be devatating to the Iraqi population if it got out of Kuwait and into Iraq.

[steplock]

"Chinese scientists believe that the bacteria Chlamydia is one of the main pathogens"

An extremely frightening finding that SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) could be a mutation of Chlamydia - a "social disease". Why does this make it more dangerous? It would NOT be "Politically Correct" to quarantine people for a "personal choice" communicable disease(AIDS, HIV, etc).

From further research:

"SARS is believed to spread through respiratory and possibly other body secretions. Close contact with an infected person is needed for the infective agent to spread."

"If SARS is caused by paramyxoviruses, then experience with this group of viruses would suggest the very young, elderly those with chronic lung or heart disease, and those who are immunocompromised may experience more severe disease."

This sounds more and more to be another disease, related to AIDS / HIV ???

SARS comes on the heels of the breaking news not long ago of the AIDS epidemic in CHINA ?????

[whadizit]

Terrorism against Kuwaitis and our troops!

[Husker24]

I dont know why everybody is makeing such a big deal out of this SARS, only 86 people have died of this world wide, way more people die of the common flu every year.

[TaRaRaBoomDeAyGoreLostToday!]

Bump for later reading

[steplock]

Excerpted article with the "history" of SARS.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/886603/posts

http://www.hkupasteur.hku.hk/hkuip/SARS.html