[Tailgunner Joe]

SARS CRISIS: DON'T RULE OUT LINKAGES TO CHINA'S BIOWARFARE

[aristeides]

Yes, I think the author is hinting pretty broadly in the last paragraphs that SARS may be a product of the Chicom biowarfare program.

[ex-Texan]

I agree. Take a peek at that 12 Monkeys because now the known death rate is about 21%. At the time this web site was put up it was only about 4.5%. In any event, if the virus hits in the U.S., just the rate of infection is scary enough.

[Quix]

Wonderful though sad article. Thanks.

[Allan]

ping

[Cicero]

Claudia Rosett did that excellent article for WSJ (and another for the NY Times) on corruption and financial chicanery in the UN oil for food program for Iraq.

It's great to see so many really excellent reporters springing up amidst the desolation of modern journalism.

[cgk]

One recent product of China's health-care arrangements has been the spread of AIDS via hideously irresponsible techniques such as collecting blood for plasma and then retransfusing pooled, processed blood back into donors, in some instances infecting entire villages. When a brave Chinese doctor, Wan Yanhai, blew the whistle, China's authorities jailed him for disclosing state secrets--until world outcry proved too embarrassing.

Wow. Though I can hardly be surprised this happens in a country who forces abortions and population (gender) control on its own people.

[Allan]

The author of this article
Claudia Rosett
will be on the Batchelor and Alexander show tonight.
(Just after 11pm ET)