Posted on 04/28/2003 7:10:56 PM PDT by flutters
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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)
1018. Disease Dustup
1019. New diseases easy enough to avoid, with sense
1020. Kansas: Flight quarantined after passengers complain of SARS-like symptoms
1023. Fears Grow in North Carolina, 2 more fall ill
The above thread includes links to the following articles:
SARS patients mostly anonymous
UNC Workers Concerned About Health After Orange County Man Diagnosed With SARS
Wake County Patient Hospitalized With Respiratory Symptoms
Canada Doctors Find SARS Link to U.S. Visitor
Updated WHO SARS Summary
Laboratory testing for SARS shows people with mild illness have been exposed to the virus.
Liquorice Compound May Help SARS Patients - Study
French suspect SARS in Canadian resident.
Agonist SARS Board
UNC Chapel Hill REQUIRED Summer Reading Program: Approaching the Qur'an
UNC drops swim test requirement (and adds "multiculturalism" requirements)
UNC to host Islam Awareness Week
Republican collegians rally despite order from UNC
NC Freeper Alert: UNC Hosts Another Hate America Rally
China Says Finn Died of SARS
SARS Reaches Near Top of Chinese Communist Hierarchy
China's top apparatchiks feeling SARS squeeze
Canada Put in More Severe SARS Category.
Some UNC workers will take health survey.
Ontario unveils SARS compensation.
WHO lifts SARS alert for parts of China.
N.C. man recovers from SARS
SARS (NC) Patient Could Be Released Saturday: Preliminary Tests Negative On Co-Workers.
Taiwan May Have Under-Reported SARS.
SARS Patient Co-Worker Dies Of Pneumonia
1024. Behind the Mask [SARS]
1025. Canadian health officials rapped by WHO
1026. Clement feared health system would collapse
1027. Liquorice Compound May Help SARS Patients - Study
1028. LOTR & SARS: Caption Contest
1029. SARS Death Rate Lower In Countries Responding Agressively To Initial Outbreak
1030. Taiwan's death toll: four times higher than official count? [SARS}
1031. Patient Hospitalized For Possible SARS Exposure Dies; Tests Come Back Negative
The above thread includes links to the following articles:
SARS diagnostic tests links.
Experts expand criteria for diagnosing SARS
Co-worker of patient who had SARS dies .
Agonist SARS Board
Men's blood tests negative for SARS virus : Wake man dies of heart failure, pneumonia; Orange man cleared of disease .
U.S. man believed to have contracted SARS in Toronto freed from quarantine .
Possible First Transmission Of SARS in NY.
SARS cure unlikely 'soon'.
SARS in North Carolina (NC Dept. of Health and Human Services)
1033. China to allow multiple candidates in local elections
1034. Beijing's walking corpse offensive(SARS)
June 15, 2003
1035. Looks like SARS will go to zero by month's end.
The above thread includes links to the following articles:
A Study In Panic; First US Sars Death?.; Beijing goes high-tech to block Sars messages; Taiwan On Sunday Reports Five More SARS Cases,No Deaths; Nassau Records Sixth and Seventh Possible SARS Cases; SARS Canadian Update; New SARS Worries In Toronto; Scientists find SARS fragments in air samples; SARS will LOOK like it has gone to ZERO by month's end. (FL_Engineer); Ontario Midwives To Speak Out At SARS Inquiry; NC Officials Say SARS Threat Is Waning (Autopsy Results Expected Later This Week).; Sialodacryoadenitis (SDA) Coronavirus.; SARS cases break 600 mark as WHO gives good news; Rare Pneumonia Virus Downs Filipino Seamen; Gov't to clairify true causes of SARS deaths; Taiwan on Saturday reports one new SARS case and two deaths; SARS page at Black Hawk College ; CARS Epidemic in Toronto Area; Local man had SARS; Peptides, Antibodies, Membranes… What? Scientist spell out their approach to SARS.; Two Don Wiley/virus/peptide urls; WHO Says SARS Has Been 'Stopped Dead' .; Tambora; The Infamous 'Year Without Summer'; 1816, The Year There Was No Summer; SARS Kills Another Canadian, but Cases Decline .; Spreader of Sickness: Chinese official is linked to 139 cases of SARS.; "Possible SARS Victim Visited Toronto" (Dallas man in court ordered guarded quarantine); Math; "Nobel Prize For SARS Hero?" (Dr. Carlo Urbani); Experts: SARS Likely Here to Stay.; White House Sets Up Legal Framework for SARS Quarantine; Voice of America Update; Toronto man 67,latest SARS casualty; Outbreak may force extreme measures; Camille Chebeir a director of Med-Emerg
June 16, 2003
1036. (Quick, easy, SARS tests are on the way) Discovery of SARS Antigenic Peptide
June 17, 2003
1037. Canadian bureaucrats argue it's too soon to suggest SARS has spread
The above thread includes links to the following articles:
Dr. Niman Links
Local Man Had SARS
June 18, 2003
1038. WHO lifts travel warning on Taiwan
1039. SARS Epidemic May Reemerge, CDC Director Warns
The above thread includes links to the following articles:
WHO chief warns SARS could reappear.; 67 year old man; "I Didn't Think I Was Going to Make It".; National lab finds an extra 120 people may have had SARS; experts concerned; Doc Niman had this to say early this a.m.:; WHO warns that SARS virus is mutating .; Taiwan removed from SARS advisory list.; Texan with SARS-like symptoms quarantined.; Quarantine hearing to be held in hospital room: Toronto visit alleged.; A mathematical model – TaxRelief; 120 new SARS cases does not mean a new outbreak, say health officials.; Ligand, a biotech company – CobaltBlue; post by Niman – jacquej; Guidelines on SARS should be refined.; WHO: Sars tests not good enough so far With outbreak under control, focus now is on perfecting tests and developing vaccines; experts optimistic about overcoming difficulties ; The education of an Internet enthusiast; Paris police station quarantined over SARS fear .; Paris police station quarantined over SARS fear .; CDC confirms Albuquerque man had SARS .; HK doctors call for changes in SARS guidelines.; Uncertainty Plagues SARS Fight: China's cover-up, questions about virus concern WHO.; Does SARS have a milder, gentler cousin?.; Summer Cough in Taiwan.; Worrisome SARS developments .; Encephalitis hits Sars-country.; China SARS under control.; Everything you've ever wanted to know about ZOTS but were afraid to ask...
June 19, 2003
1040. National lab finds an extra 120 people may have had SARS; experts concerned
1041. CRISIS OF CONFIDENCE IN HONG KONG
June 20, 2003
1042. Evaluation of WHO criteria for identifying patients with severe acute respiratory syndrome
1043. Worrisome SARS developments <
1044. China shuts down newspaper
June 21, 2003
1045. CDC: Epidemics to increase (SARS, monkeypox, West Nile Virus)
The above thread includes links to the following articles:
Human population must be reduced
One More Month to Block Rejoining UNESCO!
1046. SARS causes critical delays for cancer operations (socialized medicine the real problem)
1047. SARS' effect on earnings is raising skepticism
1048. Outbreak of Japanese encephalitis in Guangdong has Hong Kong worried
June 22, 2003
1049. TODAY'S TOP SATIRICAL HEADLINES - AL-QAIDA DECLARES HOLY WAR ON SARS
1050. Hong Kong Declared SARS-Free
The above thread includes links to the following articles:
After Years of Failure, A Code for Cures? DNA Advances Lift Promise of Antisense Technology ., Fear spreads in China over mystery lung virus, WHO Lifts Beijing Travel Advisory ., Active SARS cases fall., THE DOCTOR'S WORLD Behind the Mask, the Fear of SARS., President Bush Urges Congress to Pass BioShield Legislation, South China reports new SARS case., It's official: anti-SARS drive was a triumph., Woman (in Florida) With Case of SARS Recovers., "Leading AIDS researcher touts role of IT in biotechnology"
June 24, 2003
1051. Commentary: How SARS Is Invigorating China's Communists
1052. Stop Blaming SARS!
The above thread includes a link to the following article:
"Economy in post-SARS China taking off 'like a rocket'."
1053. Economy in post-SARS China taking off 'like a rocket'
June 25, 2003
1054. NEW SARS CASE IN CHINA
The above thread includes links to the following articles:
Greece says suspected SARS victim tests negative., Biotech developer Cangene and Health Canada sign SARS research deal., SARS: Preparing for Round Two If it returns, drug and vaccine makers hope to be ready, Taiwan suffers SARS blow., WHO: World Will Be SARS-Free in 2-3 Weeks ., I am not SARS link, says nurse: Health official agrees: 'Too many questions' How two outbreaks were connected remains unknown., "Local firm's SARS test validated", SARS virus has been around for millions of years.
1055. China Makes Breakthrough in SARS Vaccine, Drug
The above thread includes links to the following articles:
China's SARS victory questioned, "NAID Offers "SARS Chip" Free to Researchers”, "SARS: Preparing for Round Two", Eight Hong Kong health workers die heroes: But some question whether deaths were preventable.
June 27, 2003
1056. WHO: World Will Be SARS-Free In 2-3 Weeks
1057. Canada April GDP Down on SARS, Manufacturing Drop
June 29, 2003
1058. Sars sows doubts among jubilant Chinese(China)
June 30, 2003
1059. Going but not gone yet (SARS)
July 2, 2003
1060. WHO removes Toronto from SARS-infected list, praises health workers
The above thread includes links to the following articles:
Doctors, nurses fight for lives in 'SARS-free' city: 21 still in hospital -- 11 critical -- as WHO clears Toronto., (D.C. Area) Officials Planning Response To SARS : New Outbreak Considered Likely .,
July 4, 2003
1061. Nurse who died of SARS remembered
July 7, 2003
1062. SARS Special Report: Too Soon To Celebrate
July 11, 2003
1063. Nine people quarantined in Abilene as SARS precaution
1064. SARS Symptoms Prompt Quarantine of Nine People in Texas Town
July 12, 2003
1065. Cross-border SARS scare
1066. SARS May Return During Flu Season, Some Experts Say
July 19, 2003
1067. Woman with SARS symptoms released
July 25, 2003
1068. Hong Kong Fears Possible SARS Comeback (18 Hospitalized)
The above thread includes links to the following articles:
Hong Kong Patients Test Negative for SARS; Anthrax Poisoning – Symptoms; How is Anthrax poisoning treated?
July 26, 2003
1069. Mystery Illness Kills Missouri Soldier
The above thread includes links to the following articles:
Iraqis grapple with post-war radioactivity; Tuwaitha radiation to heart of U.S. admin in Iraq; Family still wants to know why soldier died ; Virus spreads through Dutch troops; 7 more cases of mystery illness
July 29, 2003
1070. China's Hu hails SARS fight as victory for communist system
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