[Nachoman]

Well thank goodness. I've been waiting for years for the next biggest thing since AIDS.

[week 71]

Actually AIDS is preventable. Any disease that cannot be prevented is alot more frightening than Aids to me.

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[CaptainJustice]

I'm sure theres a Peter Townshend joke in here... (Get it? WHO expert? Yeah? ZING!)

[Petronski]

Please ping the others. Thanks.

[Digger]

I remember in the early 80's we were told by "informed" sources that both homo/hetersexuals would be infected up to 80/90% of people. I also remember in an Ecology class in college in the 60's that by 2000 we would be stacked upon each other - no food or water. This will all pass over sooner than later & everyone with a strong immune system will not get it. If so, they will not die. (me thinks this is like the computer viruses where the programmers design a virus & have the anti-virus ready to go the week that the virus is let go.) Best worry about Hillary becoming president.

[Celtjew Libertarian]

Concern about possible local transmission in the United States increased yesterday with the report that a woman in the Gainesville, Fla., area appeared to have contracted SARS at work.

Great... I live in Gainesville and work in a hospital.

[Free_at_last_-2001]

SARS could be biggest disease threat since AIDS, says WHO expert Translation: "we've found another disease we can exploit"

[Lee Heggy]

Yep, move over Smallpox! Hit the road malaria" You're all washed up Ebola! Here comes SARS!

[Diddle E. Squat]

I wonder if this WHO expert considers kiddie porn a severe threat?

[geedee]

DOOM! GLOOM! DEATH! SEND MONEY!

[catpuppy]

SARS could be biggest disease threat since AIDS, says WHO expert

When world "experts" start to chant in unison, you know that they are almost always wrong.

[11th Earl of Mar]

The big question is 'how is the homosexual community, or the American liberal, going to exploit the new disease?'

[CathyRyan]

While there are no laboratory confirmed cases of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in the state, the Illinois Department of Public Health today reported six new suspect cases, including five individuals who are believed to have acquired the illness through transmission within a household. This is the first time there has been suspected transmission of SARS in Illinois.

A 30-year-old male traveled to China, where SARS has become increasingly common. After returning to Illinois, four household contacts became ill with respiratory symptoms and fevers of at least 100.5 F, thus meeting the definition of a suspect SARS case. The household contacts are a 76-year-old female, a 75-year-old male, a 30-year-old female and a 3-year-old female. The 75-year-old male is currently hospitalized, but is expected to be discharged soon. The other four individuals were never hospitalized and have recovered.

In addition, a household contact of a 48-year-old male who was reported earlier this week as a suspected case meets the case definition. The 46-year-old female has not been hospitalized.

http://www.suntimesnews.com/2/news_archive/apr_03archives/0414sars.htm

[truthandlife]

Follow the money trail on this one. Federal research funding has been cut back in a big way since the recession and a way for WHO or the CDC to get BIG federal grants (the researchers who apply for this money) is to tell the gov't that this is the next biggest disease and we need research funding to stop it.

[CathyRyan]

Doctors in Bangladesh say they have identified a patient who they strongly suspect is suffering from Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (Sars).

…… The case is controversial because the man suspected of having the deadly virus walked out of Dhaka's international airport unchecked when officials were unable to persuade him to be examined by doctors………..

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/2946277.stm

[MIgramma]

Yeah, but they quarantine SARS carriers and they sure don't restrict travel with AIDS.
AIDS=The only politically protected disease.