[per loin]

Beijing's new cases for the last five days: 48..54..42..48..48. Almost as though someone had decided that an appropriate average at this stage of their containing SARS would be 48 new cases per day.

[heleny]

Beijing's new cases for the last five days: 48..54..42..48..48. Almost as though someone had decided that an appropriate average at this stage of their containing SARS would be 48 new cases per day.

Well, now. That just won't do to have people noticing the scheme. It's about time for them to issue the next pre-planned target. Since the goal is eradication within a few weeks, the new averages for the next weeks might be around 24, then 12, 6, 3, 1, and then full control before the end of June, except they might add a little more "noise" to the numbers.

Thanks for the keen observation and for keeping track of the numbers in Hong Kong and Beijing.