[Petronski]

They lost the bet all right, but they were gambling with other peoples lives. Never trust a communist to do anything to preserve human life. Sheesh.

[2timothy3.16]

Jesus said:

"And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.
7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.
8 All these are the beginning of sorrows." Matthew 24

[Enemy Of The State]

Ping

[Mr. Jeeves]

The decision should have been easy for Beijing. As soon as WHO asked to be allowed to investigate the disease, it should have been invited in and given full access to affected areas, Guangdong in particular. It also should have been allowed to speak freely to the world (and Chinese) press regarding SARS. This would have undoubtedly buttressed China's previously growing credibility as a responsible member of the global community.

Yeah, but if SARS is a bioweapon that got loose, China would hardly behave this way. Instead they would do almost exactly as they have done - try to downplay the significance of SARS.

[Centurion2000]

We should allow any dead US citizen to start suing the Chinese government ... their irresponsibility and suppresion of information is a DIRECT cause for the spread of this disease.

[skeeter]

Funny they should mention Black Death. I have a contact in Suzhou who says health officials there are trying to keep the lid on a recent outbreak of the Plague. Scary stuff.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

The real face of Red China. THE STATE IS ALL ! Individual people don't count for much.
Why is anyone surprised ?

[FreeCanuckistan]

This disease is spreading up here. People have been placed under voluntary quarantine......and it is not working. I know of a couple of people who were in so called "SAR's cluster zones", they haven't developed any symptoms from their mid-March exposure to this. Curiously though, this particular "cluster zone" was a hospital.......and no one from this institution called to warn or test them, despite the recording of their visit to the hospital.

These isolated factors are doing nothing for my confidence, in the way has this has been handled.

Don't wanna trample any 'rights' now, do we?

[cogitator]

SARs could be to China what Chernobyl was to the former U.S.S.R. - an event that forces openness with the West.

[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?)