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Health officials say another Virginian may be sick with SARS

The Associated Press,
WFLS News

(Richmond-AP) -- State health officials say another Virginian may be sick with severe acute respiratory syndrome, or SARS.

A woman in the Hanover Health District is suspected of having the illness. The health district is comprised of Hanover, New Kent, Charles City and Goochland counties.

That brings to six the current number of suspected SARS cases in the state. The number fluctuates as health officials identify new cases, or rule out others.

This latest case was reported to state health officials on Wednesday. No further details were released.

SARS has killed more than 170 people and sickened three-thousand worldwide.

http://fredericksburg.com/News/FLS/2003/042003/04182003/1050696837

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An interview with the sister of one of the SARS patients in WV was on the radio tonight with art bell. She said that the hospital did not either quarantine or ask for special procedures wehn visits were made by the family. Within 5 days the mother and sister developed sysmptoms.

She said the hospital did not want any bad publicity, so they treated it like a common case of respiratory disease!

Perhaps as the CDC marks it numbers down from 200 to 35 cases that it also is wishfully trying to avoid public reaction. Shades of hte Chinese coverup.