[per loin]

Sheet1

Time			Cases				Increase			Disposition										Dead as % of prior time
Day	Date		New	Week	Total		One Day	Week		Got Well	%	Dead	%	Total Gone	%	Still In Hosp	%	Elapsed Hosp-Days		Week	2 Week	3 Week
Wed	03/12		10		10											10	100.0%	10
Thu	03/13		14		24		140.0%									24	100.0%	34
Fri	03/14		5		29		20.8%									29	100.0%	63
Sat	03/15		8		37		27.6%									37	100.0%	100
Sun	03/16		5		42		13.5%									42	100.0%	142
Mon	03/17		53		95		126.2%									95	100.0%	237
Tue	03/18		28	123	123		29.5%									123	100.0%	360
Wed	03/19		27	140	150		22.0%	1400.0%		5	3.3%	5	3.3%	10	6.7%	140	93.3%	500		50.0%
Thu	03/20		23	149	173		15.3%	620.8%		5	2.9%	6	3.5%	11	6.4%	162	93.6%	662		25.0%
Fri	03/21		30	174	203		17.3%	600.0%		7	3.4%	6	3.0%	13	6.4%	190	93.6%	852		20.7%
Sat	03/22		19	185	222		9.4%	500.0%		7	3.2%	8	3.6%	15	6.8%	207	93.2%	1,059		21.6%
Sun	03/23		25	205	247		11.3%	488.1%		7	2.8%	8	3.2%	15	6.1%	232	93.9%	1,291		19.0%
Mon	03/24		13	165	260		5.3%	173.7%		12	4.6%	10	3.8%	22	8.5%	238	91.5%	1,529		10.5%
Tue	03/25		26	163	286		10.0%	132.5%		14	4.9%	10	3.5%	24	8.4%	262	91.6%	1,791		8.1%
Wed	03/26		30	166	316		10.5%	110.7%		16	5.1%	10	3.2%	26	8.2%	290	91.8%	2,081		6.7%	100.0%
Thu	03/27		51	194	367		16.1%	112.1%		19	5.2%	10	2.7%	29	7.9%	338	92.1%	2,419		5.8%	41.7%
Fri	03/28		58	222	425		15.8%	109.4%		25	5.9%	11	2.6%	36	8.5%	389	91.5%	2,808		5.4%	37.9%
Sat	03/29		45	248	470		10.6%	111.7%		43	9.1%	12	2.6%	55	11.7%	415	88.3%	3,223		5.4%	32.4%
Sun	03/30		60	283	530		12.8%	114.6%		64	12.1%	13	2.5%	77	14.5%	453	85.5%	3,676		5.3%	31.0%
Mon	03/31		80	350	610		15.1%	134.6%		79	13.0%	15	2.5%	94	15.4%	516	84.6%	4,192		5.8%	15.8%
Tue	04/1		75	399	685		12.3%	139.5%		84	12.3%	16	2.3%	100	14.6%	585	85.4%	4,777		5.6%	13.0%
Wed	04/2		23	392	708		3.4%	124.1%		89	12.6%	16	2.3%	105	14.8%	603	85.2%	5,380		5.1%	10.7%	160.0%
Thu	04/3		26	367	734		3.7%	100.0%		98	13.4%	17	2.3%	115	15.7%	619	84.3%	5,999		4.6%	9.8%	70.8%
Fri	04/4		27	336	761		3.7%	79.1%		99	13.0%	17	2.2%	116	15.2%	645	84.8%	6,644		4.0%	8.4%	58.6%
Sat	04/5		39	330	800		5.1%	70.2%		107	13.4%	20	2.5%	127	15.9%	673	84.1%	7,317		4.3%	9.0%	54.1%
Sun	04/6		42	312	842		5.3%	58.9%		116	13.8%	22	2.6%	138	16.4%	704	83.6%	8,021		4.2%	8.9%	52.4%
Mon	04/7		41	273	883		4.9%	44.8%		127	14.4%	23	2.6%	150	17.0%	733	83.0%	8,754		3.8%	8.8%	24.2%
Tue	04/8		45	243	928		5.1%	35.5%		138	14.9%	25	2.7%	163	17.6%	765	82.4%	9,519		3.6%	8.7%	20.3%
Wed	04/9		42	262	970		4.5%	37.0%		142	14.6%	27	2.8%	169	17.4%	801	82.6%	10,320		3.8%	8.5%	18.0%
Thu	04/10		28	264	998		2.9%	36.0%		154	15.4%	30	3.0%	184	18.4%	814	81.6%	11,134		4.1%	8.2%	17.3%
Fri	04/11		61	298	1,059		6.1%	39.2%		169	16.0%	32	3.0%	201	19.0%	858	81.0%	11,992		4.2%	7.5%	15.8%
Sat	04/12		49	308	1,108		4.6%	38.5%		215	19.4%	35	3.2%	250	22.6%	858	77.4%	12,850		4.4%	7.4%	15.8%
Sun	04/13		42	308	1,150		3.8%	36.6%		223	19.4%	40	3.5%	263	22.9%	887	77.1%	13,737		4.8%	7.5%	16.2%
Mon	04/14		40	307	1,190		3.5%	34.8%		229	19.2%	47	3.5%	276	23.2%	914	76.8%	14,651		5.3%	7.7%	18.1%
Averages			35	256			18.1%	203.0%			10.6%		2.9%		13.6%		89.2%			9.3%	19.2%	41.7%

[Billthedrill]

This is precisely the same pattern found in the great influenza epidemic following World War One. It was especially cruel since many who had survived the horrors of the trenches succumbed to a virus after their return home.

This occurs because older people have been, through their lives, challenged by enough different varieties of virii to have built up a partial immunity to something just similar enough to help. Also, younger adults are more physically active and hence exposed to a wider variety of disease agents. Add international travel to the mix - as it was in 1919, it is much more so now - and you have a pandemic if you're not careful.

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[SauronOfMordor]

It's not so much that the death rate among young people is going up, as much as it's taking longer for young people to finally succumb

[blam]

Walt Disney And Airlines Admit SARS Virus Is Crippling Business

[blam]

Breakthrough prompts vaccine hope for SARS

April 14 2003 at 09:52AM
IOL (South Africa)

A Canadian laboratory said its breakthrough discovery of the genetic sequence behind the deadly SARS virus could help develop an effective vaccine.

The Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre in British Columbia said the genetic blueprint could also help develop a reliable diagnostic test for severe acute respiratory syndrome, or SARS, the respiratory virus that has killed 128 people and infected nearly 3 200 around the world.

"This will allow people who design specific antivirals, of which I admit there aren't that many out there, but they have the basic information they need to design those and test to see if they work," said Caroline Astell, projects leader at the Genome Science Centre.

"In the longer term, they could develop a sub-unit vaccine that might protect everyone."

Calling the discovery, announced on Saturday, a huge step forward in the fight to control the spread of SARS, the researchers said the results could eventually help scientists understand why the virus is so deadly.

The SARS virus has killed 13 people in Canada, which is the only country outside Asia where people have died from the disease.

Across Canada, 283 probable or suspected cases have been reported.

The scientists in British Columbia posted the information at www.bcgsc.bc.ca Sars can lead to severe pneumonia. About four percent of those infected die.

The condition of the Pretoria businessman who is feared to have contracted SARS has improved.

Netcare spokesperson Mande Toubkin said the man was still on a ventilator in the intensive care unit in the Pretoria East Hospital, but that there was a general improvement in his condition. The 62-year-old man was admitted to hospital last week. - Staff Reporter

This article was originally published on page 1 of The Cape Argus on 14 April 2003

[_Jim]

Title of article:

Young people predominate in latest Sars deaths

In body/text of article:

six of the people who died recently were relatively young

The *two* are not equivalent in my book ...