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HK SARS deaths reach new high
CNN Asia ^ | 4.18.03

Posted on 04/19/2003 8:37:26 AM PDT by Enemy Of The State

Edited on 04/29/2004 2:02:25 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

Easter religious services have featured prayers for an end to the outbreak.

1) having had close contact with a person who is a suspect or probable case of SARS.

Probable case:

(Excerpt) Read more at edition.cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: china; hongkong; sars
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To: Axenolith
You'll *also* note that this was a histogram based on "date of onset" - this would *naturally* cull a certain number of samples from this chart (those *not* possessing an 'onset date') - and it would most likely be about as random a factor as one could find, too, to 'cull' with.
21 posted on 04/19/2003 8:52:27 PM PDT by _Jim (y)
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To: Enemy Of The State; Mother Abigail; CathyRyan; per loin; Dog Gone; Petronski; EternalHope; ...
Doctors Were Ordered to Hide SARS Victims .
22 posted on 04/19/2003 8:57:06 PM PDT by aristeides
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To: Betty Jo; All
Saudi Arabia reports first suspected case of SARS.
23 posted on 04/19/2003 9:00:08 PM PDT by aristeides
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To: All
HONGKONG: Health officials stumped by more resistant cases showing up: Unlike the first cases of Sars in the territory, recent ones appear to be less responsive to treatment .
24 posted on 04/19/2003 9:03:31 PM PDT by aristeides
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To: All
SARS: New Canada cluster, record HK toll .
25 posted on 04/19/2003 9:08:14 PM PDT by aristeides
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To: All
SARS toll soars.
26 posted on 04/19/2003 9:09:56 PM PDT by aristeides
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To: aristeides
several dozen patients were taken to the hotel Tuesday morning, the day WHO officials visited two military hospitals.

I don't care how many they hide at military hospitals - so long as there is a representative sample at civilian hospitals such that a trend can be established as to whether this contagion is spreading ...

27 posted on 04/19/2003 9:10:52 PM PDT by _Jim (y)
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To: All
Isolate students from Far East, says Sars expert .
28 posted on 04/19/2003 9:11:00 PM PDT by aristeides
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To: Enemy Of The State
SARS Death Toll Hits New High In Hong Kong
29 posted on 04/19/2003 9:11:02 PM PDT by blam
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To: aristeides
SARS toll soars.

Is this a *true* or inflated headline?

With a descriptive term like 'soars' I expect a REALLY healthy increase in the number cases - IS THERE?

30 posted on 04/19/2003 9:12:34 PM PDT by _Jim (y)
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To: blam
SARS Death Toll Hits New High In Hong Kong

LIKE they can turn that number back!

Wait - HOLD the press - we ARE talking China here now ...

31 posted on 04/19/2003 9:13:43 PM PDT by _Jim (y)
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To: blam; All
China tipped to 'significantly raise' SARS toll.
32 posted on 04/19/2003 9:14:45 PM PDT by aristeides
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To: Psycho_Bunny
"Um...............given that this is the first modern science has seen of this disease, it's pretty safe to say that every individual death brings the the total to a "new high"

Sloppy."

New High = Number of deaths from SARS in one day.

33 posted on 04/19/2003 9:15:34 PM PDT by blam
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To: aristeides
Headline: SARS toll soars.

Story: The global toll from severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) surged to 185 ...

Judgement: "Inflated headline"

34 posted on 04/19/2003 9:16:05 PM PDT by _Jim (y)
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To: All
Toronto officials trying to trace unlinked SARS case .
35 posted on 04/19/2003 9:17:36 PM PDT by aristeides
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To: Psycho_Bunny; _Jim
Um...............given that this is the first modern science has seen of this disease, it's pretty safe to say that every individual death brings the the total to a "new high"

Please read the article, first sentence. They had twelve deaths on Friday, the most deaths in any single day. They are not talking about the total, they are talking about the daily death rate

36 posted on 04/19/2003 9:19:30 PM PDT by SauronOfMordor (Heavily armed, easily bored, and off my medication)
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To: _Jim
I'm just linking articles. I leave it to others to judge for themselves what their significance is.
37 posted on 04/19/2003 9:21:38 PM PDT by aristeides
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To: _Jim
SARS deaths in Hong Kong over the seven days ending on each listed Saturday:

3/29: 4
4/5: 8
4/12: 15
4/19: 46

Total: 73

38 posted on 04/19/2003 9:24:53 PM PDT by per loin
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To: SauronOfMordor
     They had twelve deaths on Friday, the most deaths in any single day

How does this relate to the disease spreading (new suspected cases and new probable cases)?

Short answer: it doesn't. That's the stat I've got my eye on ...

    They are not talking about the total, they are talking about the daily death rate

The headline should have conveyed that then. So much of this news/these stories are redundant *new* information needs to be specifically identified a little more clearly.

39 posted on 04/19/2003 9:25:33 PM PDT by _Jim (y)
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To: aristeides
I leave it to others to judge for themselves what their significance is.

... and I am oh-so happy to oblige ... (but I do need some rest soon)

40 posted on 04/19/2003 9:26:38 PM PDT by _Jim (y)
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