Posted on 04/25/2003 1:30:10 PM PDT by flutters
INFORMATION LINKS – SARS:
United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
World Health Organization (WHO)
International Society for Infectious Diseases (ProMed)
FREE REPUBLIC THREADS:
November 10, 2001
1. Colorado Governor Orders Post Office Shut Down After Employee Hospitalized for Pneumonia
November 21, 2001
2. Odd Pneumonia in Sverdlovsk
February 12, 2003
3. Fear spreads in China over mystery lung virus
March 10 – 16
4. Precognition (Mother Abigail)
5. First Known Case of Atypical Pneumonia in Europe Quarantined in Frankfurt (with 155 passengers)
6. UN Warns of Worldwide Threat from Killer Pneumonia
7. UN warns of worldwide threat from killer pneumonia
8. CDC Issues Health Alert About Atypical Pneumonia - Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (New SARS site)
9. A third case of atypical pneumonia reported in Taiwan
March 17 – 23
10. Honk Kong Health Secretary calls for calm as SARS cases double, (83 up from 42 on Sunday)
11. Experts Urge Against Panic Over Illness (SARS, contains actual info)
12. LATEST SARS UPDATE - DETAILED MEDICAL INFORMATION
13. BREAKING BIG: POSSIBLE PATHOGEN DETECTED IN SARS CASE
14. Killer Virus (SARS) Identified
15. Seven victims of mystery pneumonia stayed on same floor of Hong Kong hotel
16. SARS UPDATE: New Info on SARS for Health Care Providers on Free Republic
17. Guangdong doctor linked to SARS outbreak
18. President of the American Society of Microbiology on SARS - "Everything says it is airborne."
19. SARS REACHES HONG KONG SCHOOLS - 32 NEW CASES (IS THE BUG OUT OF THE BOX?)
20. CDC increases SARS cases to 22 in U.S.
21. CHINA CONFIRMS CASES AND DEATHS (SARS) - HONG KONG SITUATION DETERIORATING - 22 CASES IN US
22. Causative agent of SARS virus isolated from lung tissue - test is reliably identifying cases
23. VIETNAM NEW SARS HOT ZONE, U.S. Warns Citizens in Vietnam To leave
24. SARS cases on the rise in Canada, may be spreading even further, 12 people showing symptoms
March 24 – 30
25. Singapore - 740 people quarantined, 14 new cases on Monday, Hospitals close, SARS spreads
26. 37 In United States May Have SARS
27. SARS epidemic spreads in Taiwan, three other CDC officials have become ill.
28. Official: Mystery Pneumonia in Southern China Killed 31 by End of February
29. Killer-flu a 'white terror': Expert, "It is the worst medical disaster I have ever seen."
30. Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) multi-country outbreak - Update 10
31. German Scientist Sees No Global SARS Epidemic
32. CASES OF SARS HIT UC SAN FRANCISCO MEDICAL CENTER AND KAISER
33. SARS STRIKES 2 MORE IN CITY
35. Airports stepping up screening for SARS
36. First SARS cases reported in New York
37. Quarantine is not slowing SARS
38. Second hospital ordered closed [ SARS -- Toronto ]
39. Virus may have crossed species barrier [ SARS ]
40. Screening for SARS at Pearson blasted -- Toronto Airport
41. SARS - Serious and Airborne No Matter What the Public is Told.
42. Virus hits hospital chief [ SARS ]
43. Pneumonia crisis grips Hong Kong
44. China Begins to Acknowledge Scope of SARS Infection
45. Lesson in circumspection [ SARS ]
47. Airport checks on Sars tightened
48. Sars claims 4th Canadian victim
49. SARS UPDATE: Pneumonia bug poses global threat
50. Discoverer Of SARS Dies From It
51. SARS survival rate higher than pneumonia
March 31 – April 6
52. Doctors use antibodies to treat SARS victims
53. Excerpt: U.S. Disease Center Puzzles over SARS Transmission
54. All You Need To Know About SARS
55. An enduring mystery (SARS -- intelligent discussion)
56. Canadian SARS Virus Outbreak Rises to 129 Cases
57. More SARS cases reported in Hong Kong
58. 30 new cases of SARS in Ontario - Five young children among latest stricken
59. Hong Kong opening quarantine camps for SARS patients
60. Plane quarantined at San Jose airport
61. China Stonewalls WHO on SARS Virus -- Identity of Guangdong Medical Professor Revealed
62. Online hoax on Sars prompts HK panic buying
63. How the illness spread (SARS)
64. Chinese Province Reports 9 SARS Deaths (Guangdong)
65. SARS Mystery Deepens (Virus details)
66. False SARS alarm aboard U.S.-bound jet
67. WHO: All Travelers Should Avoid Hong Kong and Guangdong (SARS)
68. Scientists publish study: Researchers say virus is probably not airborne
69. Shanghai reports first SARS case
71. Travellers Warned To Stay Away From Hong Kong (SARS)
72. SARS dashes hope for large Hong Kong Seder
73. 400 new SARS cases in China
74. Identity of killer pneumonia bug confirmed
75. SARS outbreak already causes business struggles
76. Singapore SARS death toll at 5
77. SARS Virus Sparks Fears in Tech Industry
78. Novel Coronavirus Detected in Chicken Intestinal Contents (SARS Relative in Sao Paulo)
79. Flight Attendants Demand Protection From SARS [Masks and Gloves]
80. 98 in Hong Kong recovering from SARS
81. WHO OFFICIAL SAYS SARS EPIDEMIC IN SINGAPORE 'ALMOST CERTAINLY OVER', NEXT 1-2 WEEKS CRUCIAL
82. Embassy staff flee SARS outbreak
83. SARS a combination of bacteria and virus
84. MSNBC- President Bush Signs Executive Order Allowing Quarantine For SARS Patients.
85. China apologizes for SARS response
86. CHINA: SARS, the Internet and Humiliated Communists
87. Experts Predict Spread of Mystery Illness (SARS)
88. Frequently Asked Questions About Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)
89. Sars: School closures extended
90. Another Torontonian dies of SARS
91. MAINLAND CHINA: Chlamydia arrowed as culprit [SARS]
92. Hong Kong Man With SARS Surrenders
93. SARS toll mounts to 73 in China
95. Where does the virus come from? [SARS]
April 7 - 13
96. Toll 22 as two more die [SARS]
97. High-level Singaporean task force for Sars
98. Fear... anxiety... optimism [Exposure to SARS]
100. New Reports Of SARS Plague Hong Kong
101. Sars 'fears' at French airport
102. Top Hong Kong Medical Official Has SARS
103. Beijing loses big on SARS gamble
104. China Says Finn Died of SARS
105. Beijing loses big on SARS gamble
106. NEJM -- A Major Outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome in Hong Kong [study conducted]
107. Patient's wake spreads SARS
108. CHLAMYDIA FOUND IN SARS (STD pathogen in mystery global epidemic that killed 82, infected 2,500)
109. Update 23 - Status of the main SARS outbreaks in different countries
110. CDC: SARS 'the beginning of a problem'
111. New theory of SARS transmission is proposed by doctor (It's an STD says Taiwan doctor)
112. Traditional Chinese Medicine Treatment for SARS
113. No SARS testing at U.S. airports
115. No Plans for SARS Quarantine in US, Experts Tell Senate Panel
116. Is Fear Spreading Faster Than SARS?
117. New SARS Outbreak Sparks 'Typhoid Mary' Fears
119. SARS: How Singapore outmanaged the others
120. Available tests to detect SARS not fully reliable, says WHO
121. SARS Is Here to Stay, Hong Kong and Singapore Tell Citizens
122. SARS may have other infection routes: officials
123. SARS effects Australian seafood industry -
124. Hong Kong's Healthcare System Overwhelmed by SARS
125. ROACHES EYED IN SARS
126. Singapore Woman Linked to 100 SARS Cases
127. Commentary: While China Stonewalled (SARS)
128. Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) - Update 24 - (Started in Room 911)
129. U.S. Tests 2,000 Drugs for SARS Treatment
130. SARS Here to Stay, Health Experts Say
131. Florida case shows SARS may be workplace threat
133. Deadly SARS Likely in Asia for Keeps-U.S. Expert
134. SARS forces Ontarians to U.S. for medical help
135. ACADEMICIAN KOLESNIKOV: THE VIRUS OF ATYPICAL PNEUMONIA HAS BEEN CREATED ARTIFICIALLY (SARS ALERT)
136. Scientists identify virus behind deadly SARS
138. SARS Fear Spreads in Hong Kong
139. Sars victim who infected 133 will remain in quarantine exile (Super-spreader)
140. Breaking: Man diagnosed with SARS took 6 international flights....
141. Globetrotting Traveler Infected With SARS
142. CDC chief says she is concerned about possible workplace spread of SARS virus
143. SARS - US cases rise to 166 from 148
144. S&P considers impact of SARS
145. HK reports 61 new cases of virus, 2 more dead
146. Academician Kolesnikov: The Virus of Atypical Pneumonia Has Been Created Artifically (SARS)
147. Sars 'is mutant cold virus'
148. Exclusive SARS Report: Six Degrees of SARS: Of Politics, Greed, and Plagues
149. Medical Experts Speak Out -- SARS Virus Could Be Man-Made and Possibly a Bio-Weapon
150. Scientists confident of SARS link {SARS spread by cockroaches!}
151. SARS virus was created in weapons lab: Russian scientist
152. Health officials see 6 more likely SARS cases
153. Airline cancels 716 flights [SARS]
154. Children may escape worst of SARS virus
156. Decisive action, not slogans [SARS]
157. Every breath you take [SARS]
158. HK reports 49 new SARS cases, 3 more deaths
159. SARS Spreads to China's Remote Inner Mongolia
160. Businessman Becomes First To Contract SARS In Britain
161. SARS: Major report from the World Health Organization
162. New Sars deaths in China, Hongkong, Vietnam and Canada
163. B.C. lab cracks suspected SARS code
164. Jump in SARS Deaths; Airline Fears for Future (HK reports sharp jump in SARS deaths yesterday)
165. SARS ( atypical pneumonia )- a partial archive
166. British Columbia lab first to unlock suspected SARS virus
167. SARS virus threatens to become 21st century's first major disease
168. WHO adds Beijing to SARS-hit list
169. Up close with the Czar of Sars
170. SARS claims eight more in Asia
171. SARS batters Asian economies
172. SARS Global Death Toll Hits 133
173. U.S. strain of SARS much milder, data show
April 14 - 20
174. Chinese Premier: SARS Situation'Grave'
175. Young people predominate in latest Sars deaths
176. Canadian breakthrough leads wave of SARS hopes
177. German Firm Distributes First SARS Test Worldwide
178. SARS could be biggest disease threat since AIDS, says WHO expert
179. The SARS Hoopla
180. Anti-Sars action 'crippling airlines'
181. Stopping SARS
182. 29 New Cases SARS - Religious Community
183. SARS Claims Young Victims In Hong Kong
184. SARS spreading rapidly in China
185. SARS takes economic toll on Asia
186. Hong Kong SARS Turns Deadlier.
187. One-Day Death Rate From New Virus Hits 9 in Hong Kong
188. Experiments on Monkeys Zero In on SARS Cause
189. CHINA 'HIDES' SARS VICTIMS
190. Scientists Confirm Cause Of SARS: Researchers Inject Monkeys With Suspected Virus
191. Proof SARS came from animals
192. SARS Chills Canada's Easter as Virus Spreads
193. Vietnam Nurse Survives Battle With SARS
195. Coast Guard Searching For SARS
196. SARS LIKELY SPREAD THROUGH HONG KONG APARTMENT'S SEWAGE PIPES
197. SARS: With Hong Kong Chart
198. Doctors save baby of pregnant SARS victim
199. SARS Mutating, Making Cure Unlikely
200. Island's SARS quarantine 'not a threat'
201. Doctors log on to fight SARS outbreak
202. WHO suspects hundreds more Beijing SARS deaths
203. SARS spread via plumbing: Outbreak traced at Hong Kong apartment complex
204. Fearing SARS, Ontario Urges Wider Quarantines
205. Possible confirmed US SARS case
206. In China's Capital, 'We're Panicking'
207. U.S. Reclassifies SARS Cases, Number Drops
208. China hid SARS patients - report
209. What does Dr Frist have to say about it?
210. Deadly SARS Spreads World-Wide: Death Rate Increases and Doctors Worry About Mutating Virus
211. Toronto officials trying to trace unlinked SARS case
212. SARS: Officials wary of outbreak in Canada
213. SARS: Hong Kong/China 19 April
214. How world let virus spread A tale of mistakes, missed opportunities, near misses
215. SARS: With Hong Kong & WHO charts 4/19
216. HK SARS deaths reach new high
217. A passenger who flew in with cough tests positive for SARS
218. SARS pandemic a worry, but now it's wait and see
219. Canada's SARS fear prompts quarantine [SARS now in Montreal?]
220. China reports 48 new SARS cases
221. Oh Canada, Doubting Their Leaders Re: SARS
222. Sars Death Toll Hits New High In Hong Kong
223. Lethal Legacy: Bioweapons for Sale
224. China Sharply Raises Its SARS Infections, Deaths
225. Chinese SARS patients hidden
226. SARS: The Hong Kong Chart - 4/20/03
227. City Of Fear, Hope; Hong Kong keeps a brave face as SARS crisis grows
228. SARS infects 'protected' medical staff Gloves, gowns, masks didn't stop outbreak at Sunnybrook
229. China sacks minister over Sars (And May Day festivities cancelled)
230. SARS virus proves dangerously durable
231. China sacks health minister, 21 new SARS deaths worldwide (China's got their own "Baghdad Bob")
232. Updated Interim U.S. Case Definition of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)
233. China's secrecy over Sars
234. China, the Evil Empire (of SARS)
328. SARS Taking Toll on Asian Economies
329. Beijing Closes Hospital Amid SARS Scare (+ New Mortality Info)
331. Shanghai SARS Cases a State Secret (China caught in lies -- again)
332. State by state breakdown of SARS cases
333. SARS Death Rate Increases to 16% - 25% and the Mutating Virus Attacks Many Vital Organs
334. Toronto Trip Is a Concern(How SARS effects ballplayers)
335. China shuts down major hospital
336. Wall St. bans travel, quarantines workers to fight SARS
337. Hysteria grips a forbidden city at the epicentre of a killer virus
338. Airports scan for SARS victims' flushed faces
339. Chinese whispers
340. Long account of SARS in China
341. Premier: Ontario to compensate all those who've lost wages because of SARS quarantine
342. Flight Held at SFO Due to Sick Passenger (San Francisco)
343. The First Global Epidemic Of The 21st Century
344. Q & A: What Is This Disease And Why Is It So Deadly (SARS)
345. SARS outbreak in UK 'inevitable'
346. Nervous Shanghai steps up precautions
347. SARS BUG DEADLIER THAN AIDS SAYS DOCTOR
348. Orange County Issues SARS Alert (Florida)
349. Taiwan Gov. SARS Panic Traps 1000 People in Taipei Hospital [first hand Freeper report]
350. PUT IT IN PERSPECTIVE -- CLINTON HAS RAPED MORE WOMEN THAN AMERICANS HAVE DIED OF SARS
351. Anatomy of the deadly China syndrome
352. Impact of SARS devastating
353. Students banned from leaving Beijing
354. SARS temperature scans for all passengers leaving Changi Airport
355. Red China Health Turmoil Could Trigger Political Crisis
356. Call It What It Is: Asian Flu
357. SARS Deaths in Philippines, Taiwan Hospital Sealed
358. OUTBREAK COULD INFECT REELING U.S. ECONOMY
359. Did SARS mutate from duck, pig feces?
360. America's first bio civil-defense drill: Tom Marzullo on lessons to be learned from SARS epidemic
361. WHO's kidding? -- (You're safe enough in Toronto, just watch out trying to get there)
362. WHO won't lift Toronto travel warning
363. Restaurants, Churches, Taxis And Bars Woo SARS Recluses
364. Six Months to Act
365. Hysteria Grips a Forbidden City at the Epicentre of a Killer Virus
366. WHO Says Not Lifting SARS Toronto Travel Warning
367. The first global epidemic of the 21st century: SARS
368. Mark Steyn: The system infected us
369. Risk of killer virus (SARS in Albania)
370. 4,000 Quarantined in Beijing as Suspected SARS Cases Climb
371. Scared of SARS, man slays sneezer
372. A sneeze that has shaken the world
373. SARS could doom China's leadership role
374. SARS fear prompts Placer Dome execs to use video for Toronto meeting
375. Beijing residents flee `savage attack against mankind'
376. Rural China may struggle to cope with Sars
377. SARS Virus Will Not Cause Pandemic: Expert
378. Hong Kong Unmasks In Slow Return To Normality (SARS)
379. SARS Threads and Information
380. Surviving SARS: Fear, worry were worst part
381. Probable SARS cases at Hill; patients recovered [Hill AFB, Utah]
382. SARS Much More Deadly Than First Estimated
383. Sars: A changing story line
384. Doctors say this isn?t the big one ? at least not yet
385. More about SARS More about SARS
386. Travel Insurers Will Not Pay Out For Treatment (SARS)
387. "Just euthanize us," workers say
388. "The Business Implications of SARS" (Comprehensive SARS article)
April 26, 2003
390. HK deals with SARS patients not showing typical symptoms
391. SARS scare in South Texas
392. SARS may deny Airbus its goal: But company still hopes to beat Boeing on deliveries
393. Virus reaches rural China
395. 100 million cases of SARS within a year? (Excellent post from Brad Delong's website)
396. Man accused of ignoring health orders (He'd complained of SARS-like symptoms)
397. SARS in the Chinese countryside
398. Millions trapped as Beijing shuts gates
399. SARS a test run for more power (blistering attack on WHO)
400. MORE ON THE SARS SCAM IN CANADA, CHINA, AUSTRALIA
402. Asian health ministers seek new SARS tactics
403. Many Ho Ping staff refuse to treat SARS victims
404. Three more SARS cases in India
405. Pilots to ignore Air India ultimatum [SARS]
406. Sars Panic 'Pleases Terrorists'
407. SARS OUTBREAK: Modelers Struggle to Grasp Epidemic's Potential Scope
408. Mystery illness kills 38 kids in Vietnam
409. Billion SARS cases feared
410. From China's Provinces, a Crafty Germ Spreads
411. 2 in U.S. May Have SARS After Canada Trip
412. WHO says all SARS cases and contacts must be found
413. SARS timebombs: fatal threat of the super-carriers
414. The Threat Posed by SARS is Unprecedented (The title is a direct quote from a WHO regional director)
416. Croatia turns back Chinese immigrants over SARS
417. Bio-Terror Warning
418. (New York) City's rushing to slam door on SARs Using bioterror plans to battle dead;y virus
419. Sars is not to be sneezed at, but …
420. Low earns medal in the SARS war
421. They Tell Us To Practise Sensible Hygene, But Hygene And Children Just Don't Mix (SARS)
422. Man hangs self, another dies inside isolated hospital [SARS]
423. More SARS deaths as expert warns of higher mortality rate
424. Super-spreaders fan SARS fears
425. The day the world caught a cold
426. Asia Seeks Screening as WHO Reconsiders Toronto
427. Today Taipei, Tomm. All of North America...Why the Taiwanese quarantine is vital.
428. S.A.R.S.: SIMPLY ANOTHER RIDICULOUS SCAM
429. The Truth About SARS
Works for me. I can stay at home and read FR all day; I'm a government employee, so I get paid either way. I imagine that other people with real jobs would probably find two weeks away from the office to be a real problem.
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