[aristeides]

Doesn't make much sense to let people believe you're about to shut off travel into and out of a city, and then not do it.

[aristeides]

Lots of Peking info on this thread: Beijing Closes Hospital Amid SARS Scare (+ New Mortality Info).

[aristeides]

Paranoia and outrage in a city determined to carry on as usual (Toronto).

[riri]

because they had heard all shops would be closed and sanitised

Someone please tell me the effectiveness factor of this?! First of all, unless this thing has an indefinite lifespan won't all virus just die naturally in about 24 hours? Secondly, sanitization is only effective until the next SARS victim shows up a coughin' and a touchin'...

[aristeides]

Hu Jintao: Does he really run China?.

[ex-Texan]

And so it begins for real ... PANIC

[dennisw]

 

From the hidden city of Toronto:

Thu Apr 10, 3:27 PM ET

Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien (C) is served a bowl of soup by Margaret Wong (L) during a visit to a Chinese restaurant in Toronto, April 10, 2003. Chretien visited one of Toronto's Chinese communities seeking to persuade Canadians not to let the mysterious Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) virus derail their everyday lives. Photo by Mike Cassese REUTERS/Mike Cassese

[Prince Charles]

Bump...

[blam]

"It is still widely believed that a true picture has not emerged in China."

That sounds reasonable.

[Domestic Church]

"This is a city on the verge of a nervous breakdown"

Wait until it hits Atlanta.

[PJ-Comix]

God is punishing Beijing for changing its name from "Peking."

[RightWhale]

Sounds like the citizens aren't worried about SARS so much as government over-reaction.

[linMcHlp]

April 24, 2003