Beijing loses big on SARS gamble

Asia Times ^ | 4.7.03 | Francesco Sisci

[Enemy Of The State]

lol..thanks. I dont believe I have ever heard that name in my life. I thought it maybe it was one of the former Soviet possessions.

[flutters]

http://news.independent.co.uk/world/science_medical/story.jsp?story=395082

Deaths from virus reach 100 and Hong Kong fears thousands more

[PhilDragoo]

Health experts have been critical of China saying the infection could have been prevented from spreading, if only the authorities there had not sought to push it under the carpet. Investigations have found that the infection, which has so far spread to nearly 20 countries, had its origin in Guangdong province.

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[PhilDragoo]

SARS: PROBABLE CASES AND DEATHS
China 1247 cases (51 deaths)
Hong Kong 842 (23)
Singapore 112 (8)
Vietnam 65 (4)
Canada 217 (9)
USA 148
Thailand 7 (2)
Malaysia (suspected) 70 (1)
Source: National health authorities

aristeides' link at 18

[Exit148]

China is China's own worst enemy. You just can't tell them anything. They forget that they aren't the Central Kingdom any longer and that they have a global responsibility ----but you can't tell them that. (Well,--- you can tell them, but will they listen?)