[Allan]

The report I heard tonight is
that a senior Lieutenant General brought SARS
into the VIP compound of Peking
in early November.

They used as a cover story that a maid was the carrier.

The question now is
how many senior military figures have been infected?

Many have not been seen in public or on TV for some time.

[Judith Anne]

Early on, China was not reporting cases in military hospitals AT ALL, said it was a matter of national security or something, and they didn't have to.

Now, they are acknowledging military cases. In my opinion, since Chinese lies have marked this from the beginning, there are likely huge numbers infected in the military.

One of the other things that just haunts me daily is that the Chinese nurses' aides who get SARS don't get treatment, because they can't afford it--they are very low paid, and when they get sick, they just....go away....I doubt their numbers are counted, or even known...

[aristeides]

The report I heard tonight is that a senior Lieutenant General brought SARS into the VIP compound of Peking in early November.

Early November? That's very early. That would be consistent with the disease starting in the PLA, possibly as a result of a bioresearch mishap.