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To: MsLady
I keep wondering if is something that escaped out of one of china's military bio-labs.

How many permutations on a virus do you suppose MOTHER NATURE comes up with on her own out there in the 'backwoods' of China where man, animal, chicken, pig, etc, exist in *close* proximity under less than ideal sanitary conditions?

6 posted on 04/19/2003 9:31:00 AM PDT by _Jim (w)
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To: _Jim
"How many permutations on a virus do you suppose MOTHER NATURE comes up with on her own out there in the 'backwoods' of China where man, animal, chicken, pig, etc, exist in *close* proximity under less than ideal sanitary conditions?"

You mean like the one below. We thought we were done with this 'bird flu' years ago.

From Today's News: Independent (UK)

"* A Dutch vet became the first human victim linked to the "bird flu" epidemic sweeping through Holland's poultry industry. The vet died of pneumonia after being infected by the virus which, although rarely transmitted to humans, killed six people in Hong Kong after emerging in 1997."

43 posted on 04/19/2003 9:35:39 PM PDT by blam
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