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)
617. Chinese communities protest quarantines
618. SARS virus found to survive for weeks outside human body
619. SARS Virus is Mutating Fast - - And May Make Finding a Cure Impossible
620. 'Virus is mutating fast' in Hong Kong Could outrace a cure
621. Boneheaded ideas in the SARS saga
622. SARS Rioting Hits China; Outbreak Worsens in Taiwan
624. Thousands quarantined as SARS riots hit China (Social Unrest)
625. Hong Kong to Set Up a Research Center to Study SARS
626. WHO Cried Wolf - SARS panic spreads far faster than the virus itself
627. China's Chernobyl: SARS Can Spread on Imported Goods
628. UC Berkeley Bars Students From SARS (When their lives are at stake, liberals cringe in fear)
629. SARS Virus Is Robust Enough To Survive In Sewage
630. Villagers raid Sars centres
631. Sars communication: What Singapore is doing right (and Canada is doing wrong)
632. Taiwan SARS different from HK's: doctor
633. Cal Bans Summer Enrollment from SARS-Infected Areas
634. A Chinese Lab's Race To ID And Halt SARS: Politics and rivalry mix with research
The SARS Threads for yesterday are posted. Maybe the article you are looking for is in #619 SARS Virus is Mutating Fast...?
636. SARS virus far from under control as China reports 160 cases
637. Amid SARS epidemic, China panics over pets
638. "I think I have 'that disease'"
639. Beijing Deploys SARS Patrols, Motorola Shuts Site
640. UC Berkeley Bars Students From SARS Areas (LIBERAL DOUBLE STANDARD ALERT!!!)
641. China steps up efforts to ensure healthcare workers' safety; 8 SARS deaths, 138 new cases
642. Students From Regions Affected by SARS Denied Summer Enrollment (Berkeley Paper's take on it)/a>
643. SARS: CHINA'S OPEN SECRET
644. SARS infects propaganda machine - China
645. 20 suspected SARS cases in Russia, may close border with China
646. SARS Virus Infects China's Economy
647. Motorola Shuts Beijing HQ on SARS (Free Trade)
648. Case Definitions for Surveillance of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)[from WHO]
649. Is China opening up or closing?
650. Berkeley to Block Students from Nations Hit by SARS
651. DEATH RATE FROM SARS MUCH HIGHER
652. World at risk if China doesn't curb SARS
653. SARS is lethal for the elderly
654. A Plague On Our Planet....For Ever (SARS)
655. U.S. Approves Force in Detaining Possible SARS Carriers
656. U.S. Approves Force in Detaining Possible SARS Carriers
658. Study in Hong Kong Suggests a Higher Rate of SARS Death
659. SARS 'among most deadly viruses'
660. OUTBREAK IN HEBEI, 113 CASES IN ONE DAY, WHO TO SEND TEAM OF EXPERTS
661. SARS, AIDS and China's Cover-Up
662. Hysteria, Thy Name is SARS: The media need a chill pill.
663. WHO Sends Team to Chinese Province Hit by SARS; New Research Shows Danger of Illness
664. Getting out of China--and a little culture illustration
665. One probable, six suspected SARS cases in Georgia
666. China's Countryside Facing "Extremely Serious" SARS Epidemic
667. SARS Threatens To Wreck Asian Markets
668. WHO Raises SARS Fatality Rate Estimates
669. UC Berkeley's SARS Student Ban Dangerous, Misguided
670. Serum Brings Hope For SARS Cure
671. SARS DEATH RATE FOR OLDER PEOPLE MORE THAN 50%: WHO
672. Pets in China taking brunt of SARS hysteria, say animal activists
675. China Punishes 120 Officials Over SARS - Xinhua (Commie Medical Reactionary Force Alert)
676. New Sars-like illness in Asia
677. Russia moves to halt Sars spread
678. Out of Masks and Scared of SARS? Try a Bra
679. Hu will be China's top SARS victim
680. SARS Spreads in Taiwan, Next 5 Days Seen Critical
681. SARS may be here to stay say researchers (Not likely to weaken)
682. Is SARS an overblown hysteria? -- Pros and cons
683. 18,000 isolated in Beijing
684. Bra firm faces SARS challenge
685. Five Patients Spread SARS to Scores, Study Says
686. Hospitals try to dupe officials about Sars (in China)
687. Pet massacre to halt SARS
688. SARS Crackdown In North Korea Isolates Foreigners
691. Taiwan Adds Record 18 SARS Cases, Surpasses Canada
693. SARS: experience at Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong
694. Russian germ weapons
695. Beijing hopeful of SARS decline
696. 80,000 To Travel To Beijing Despite SARS
697. Health Officials Unable to Pinpoint Source of SARS Infection
698. Shenzhen chef's taste for exotic animals may be to blame (for SARS)
699. SARS fears prompt new violence, new measures today
700. Sars is a health warning to the world
701. Russia closes Chinese border after first case (SARS)
702. SARS Paradox: Virus Might Cure Deflation Fears
703. Residents Forced To Wear Bras As Masks To Protect Against SARS
705. Green bean frenzy (SARS-inspired rumors running rampant in Asia)
706. Public hospitals to electronically track movements [SARS]
707. WHO: Beijing's SARS Data Seriously Flawed
708. Ancient Chinese superstitions combat SARS
709. China's textile exports falter amid Sars fears
710. Sars virus may 'permanently damage' patients' lungs
711. WHO raises new doubts about Sars fight in Beijing, Taiwan
712. Breakthrough: SARS Hope For a Quick Cure For SARS is Rising
714. Singapore [SARS] cases reflect ethnicity
715. Hunan: Between Guangdong and a hard place
716. China's rural areas forced to take extreme measures[SARS]
717. Health officials fear SARS spread in Third World
718. CHINESE SARS MOBS SLAUGHTER CATS & DOGS
719. Sars hits Africa
720. Origin of SARS virus a puzzle, but many experts believe it began in an animal
721. Living with China's Sars threat
722. Expert: SARS Virus May Mutate Profoundly
723. Canadian economy sheds jobs as SARS outbreak felt
724. Chinese sex business [in Japan] hit by SARS scare
725. Expert hits out at prevention flaws (WHO contributes to Taiwan SARS outbreak)
726. AIDS offers a clue in SARS fight
727. 'Super-spreaders' of Sars are elderly: WHO
728. SARS Lives Long, Prospers in Poop
729. Bad news for Beijing pets
732. SARS, Saddam and CNN: Don't believe the hype.
733. SARS hysteria
734. SARS cases pass 5,000 mark in China
735. Scientists Say Vodka Will Ward Off SARS
736. China Flights Halted
737. Pfizer Compound May Help to Find SARS Drug-Study
The above thread includes links to the following articles:
Modified Cold Drug May Fight SARS
SARS Could Mutate in Different Populations: Expert
Enzyme clue boosts SARS fight.
738. SARS Spreads To China's Army
The above thread includes links to the following articles:
Beijing: SARS 'under control'.
WHO says SARS control measures are working .
CHINA: Bug may be spreading in a new way .
Drop in SARS cases raises mask question .
Toronto remains on WHO list as agency asks Finland to check PCR test.
Beijing drops some quarantines; Nigeria suspects 1st death.
SARS scares the Nigerians.
Probably any international flight carries risks now!!
739. China's military defies SARS disclosure rules
The above thread includes a link to the following article:
Bug may be spreading in a new way
741. Proposed bill aims to keep diseases like SARS out of Oregon
742. The Red Plague - How communism gave us SARS
The above thread includes links to the following articles:
SARS CRISIS: DON'T RULE OUT LINKAGES TO CHINA'S BIOWARFARE
12 Monkeys
743. WHO: RED CHINA STILL WITHHOLDING SARS FACTS
744. The other epidemic: West Nile Fever
745. Double toil and trouble - WHO launches Sars inquiry into HIV-hit Henan province
746. Taipei frustrated by public defiance against SARS measures
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