Free Republic 2nd Qtr 2024 Fundraising Target: $81,000 Receipts & Pledges to-date: $25,222
31%  
Woo hoo!! And we're now over 31%!! Thank you all very much!! God bless.

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  • Exclusive SARS Report: Six Degrees of SARS: Of Politics, Greed, and Plagues

    04/11/2003 1:28:41 PM PDT · by mrustow · 82 replies · 526+ views
    Toogood Reports ^ | 11 April 2003 | Nicholas Stix
    It's time I went to my favorite shopping district, Manhattan's Chinatown, and picked up some "donta" (Chinese egg custard), fresh seafood, and roast duck for my family. But going there could potentially kill us all. Since I don't live in China, Hanoi, Toronto or Singapore, I may sound paranoid. And yet, I'll take that chance. The majority of Chinatown's inhabitants hail from China's Guangdong Province, which is Ground Zero for "SARS" – Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, often erroneously described as "pneumonia" or "atypical pneumonia." Illegal Chinese immigrants constantly arrive in Chinatown, largely from Guangdong Province. People also constantly travel...