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In China's Capital, 'We're Panicking'
Washington Post ^
| April 18, 2003
| John Pomfret
Posted on 04/18/2003 3:14:19 AM PDT by sarcasm
BEIJING, April 17 -- There were moments today when this city of 13 million people appeared deserted.
At Bank of China branches, there were no lines. The traffic at Western Station, the city's main rail terminal, has dropped 75 percent, to 80,000 passengers a day.
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Vice Premier Wu Yi, who is coordinating the government's response to the epidemic, has warned representatives of the service and travel industries about severe economic losses, sources said. The China International Travel Service has already reported a cancellation rate of 80 percent.
"SARS, for sure, will have an influence on the economy's performance in China," said Yao Jingyuan, an economist at the National Bureau of Statistics. Yao said it was "too early to make any forecasts," but private economists said China's economic growth rate this year would be at least 1 percentage point lower than previously estimated.
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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: sars
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To: LiberationIT
Yes! Jocelyn could hold a masturbation seminar! That would help them...wouldn't it?
To: Merdoug
Something else that bugs me is Canada's higher death rate. They are almost 20%! Why? It is easy to hide an infection. It is somewhat harder, but not impossible, to hide a death.
Anybody who expects the Chinese to tell the truth about SARS is dreaming.
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04/18/2003 11:36:22 AM PDT
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gridlock
(All disease in the People's Paradise was eliminated under the last Five Year Plan, don'tcha know...)
To: LiberationIT
To: goldstategop
SARS could end up crippling the Communist system. Good.
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04/18/2003 11:43:11 AM PDT
by
A2J
(Daschle is a poo-poo head.)
To: goldstategop
clinton "for god sake,condenm their actions"
To: mabelkitty
How in the hell did that happen? Easy.
They've embraced the same mutated version of "freedom" that America seems to be embracing, i.e., "individual liberty trumps individual responsibility."
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04/18/2003 11:46:37 AM PDT
by
A2J
(Daschle is a poo-poo head.)
To: gridlock
"Anybody who expects the Chinese to tell the truth about SARS is dreaming." That is true and I would not be surprised if the US were to fudge the numbers as well.
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04/18/2003 11:48:20 AM PDT
by
TBall
To: TBall
The Chinese government has fudged the numbers, and as a result there is panic there now. If the U.S. government fudges the numbers, there'll be panic here too.
To: aristeides
There will be panic either way. The only way to stop the panic is to stop SARS and in my opinion drastic measures might be the only way to save a whole lot of people.
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posted on
04/18/2003 11:53:24 AM PDT
by
TBall
To: LiberationIT
QUICK!!! Someone send Jocelyn Elders over there!!Why? Will teaching them to put condoms on bananas cure SARS?
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posted on
04/18/2003 11:53:56 AM PDT
by
varon
To: aristeides
I would disagree with you that the US will fudge the numbers. It seems that the CDC plays these things pretty straight. It is too difficult to control information in the US, because there is not a central point for information distribution. The Chinese have a great "advantage" over us in this regard.
The downside for them is that when they tell people that there is nothing to fear, nobody believes them.
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04/18/2003 11:56:06 AM PDT
by
gridlock
(On to Damascus!)
To: varon
OK all; I'm just trying to be politically correct, diverse, and sensitive and caring for the feelings for the Chinese people. Obviously you all have your sights set on doing something effective rather than symbolic. So be it, damn you!
I'm offended I tell you! Can't a guy bring out his softer side for crying out loud! IS IT A SIN TO HAVE FEELINGS!!!!!
Jocelyn (and Bill,) would care, why can't I?
Sob, sob........
Okay. I'm over it now.... Someone get me a tissue (Puffs please, my nose is sensitive.) As you were, men (and ladies.) I'll get over it. This is a support group, right? Have I wandered? Oh, it's all so confusing..... Where's my Teddy??
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