Defending against Walking Germ Bombs

Business Week ^ | March 18, 2003 | Alex Salkever

[Dog Gone]

On the eve of a war with Iraq, the only news shocking enough to knock Baghdad out of the Internet chatrooms is a terrifying modern-day plague. When dozens of people fell ill with a mysterious pneumonia-like illness over the past week, the World Health Organization issued a rare advisory for travelers and medical professionals to be on the lookout. WHO dubbed the new bug "severe acute respiratory syndrome." The handful of people who have perished from SARS died rapidly and uncomfortably. The illness thus far hasn't responded quickly to top-drawer antibacterial and antiviral treatments, although the WHO has expressed relief that patients in intensive care units have improved in some cases.

[Judith Anne]

Outstanding post!

[conservativecorner]

BUMP!!

[Dog Gone]

You might find this of interest

[xJones]

The title about "Walking Germ Bombs" immediately made me think of Typhoid Mary, who was quarantined for years by New York health officials. Mary Mallon.

[aristeides]

Thanks.

[GrandMoM]

BUMP

[Billthedrill]

If it does happen even once the remedy is simple and is an old one: quarantine. It'll sure kick the guts out of international travel, but given the alternative it'll happen.

[Free the USA]

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[Fred Mertz]

Bump!