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In Hong Kong, SARS fears infect hearts and minds
USA Today ^ | 4-16-03 | Steve Friess

Posted on 04/16/2003 5:32:41 AM PDT by Prince Charles

Edited on 04/13/2004 1:40:32 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

HONG KONG -- Tainted buildings are now basically abandoned. Taxi drivers refuse to pick up people who call from certain neighborhoods. Cough in public, and people glare suspiciously, then dash away to get as far from you as possible.

And, as a confusing, terrifying virus runs amok, killing a one-day record of nine people here on Tuesday, residents' suspicions of how it is spread range from cockroaches to sewage to sex to the old man sitting peacefully on a park bench blowing his nose.


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KEYWORDS: sars

1 posted on 04/16/2003 5:32:42 AM PDT by Prince Charles
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To: Prince Charles
Sad to say, there are probably some crazy bio-warfare guys sitting someplace watching this, and thinking:

"SARS is not really too terrifying. But, if we created a germ that was a little more deadly, and spread a little more easily, we could clearly cause chaos in any nation on Earth. Sure, long term it might blowback and affect our friends and family also -- but we're crazy bio-warfare guys. And we don't care."

2 posted on 04/16/2003 5:40:52 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy
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To: ClearCase_guy
You wouldn't even need biowar scientists to create this; there are some who are dumb enough to cook up bad things just for the hell of it. An Australian scientist did this several years back -- he crossed smallpox with mousepox. Check out the book "Demon In The Freezer" by Richard Preston. Regards.
3 posted on 04/16/2003 6:11:27 AM PDT by Prince Charles
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