[DannyTN]

Beginning of a problem... DUH... This thing has been spreading at a rate of about 10% a day. At that rate we could see 500,000 cases in the next month, world wide.

We now have 148 cases in 30 states. (Up 28% from yesterday) http://www.cdc.gov/od/oc/media/sars.htm

[boris]

Reading between the lines, the CDC is pi$$ing their pants. This is Not A Good Thing.

--Boris

[BenLurkin]

Yikes.

[TBall]

I read a story that doctors in Hong Kong and China believe that a combination of ribavirin and steroids can increase chances for survival.

[CathyRyan]

Best summed up by the immortal words ... Oh Sh!t.

[Mears]

The only way to contain this,short of a cure,is to stop all travel and that will never happen.

The flu epidemic of 1917 killed many millions worldwide and this could be the beginning of something awful. The flu spread around the world and this was before air travel existed,imagine what could happen now.

Very frightening!

[TBall]

"They also are developing diagnostic tests that will detect the presence of the virus and help identify those who have contracted it." I read an artical last week that said a test had ready been developed and it was just a matter of producing it.

[aristeides]

Are zinc lozenges of any use in avoiding infection?

[riri]

At that rate we could see 500,000 cases in the next month, world wide

If that's the case, I might recommend-cashing in the 401K, liquidating other investments--heading to CostCo, stocking up, paying the bills for the next year, placing a do not disturb sign on the door and chilling for the foreseeable future.

[DBtoo]

That mystery virus that hit Madagascar last summer also had a fatality rate of 4%. After the end of Aug., when 22,000 people had become infected, WHO went in there and suddenly there was no more reporting about it. I looked for weeks afterwards for new information but it had been wiped off the radar. (tinfoil hat off)