[EternalHope]

Yes, some people been released. I do not know what percentage.

Yes, there is precedent for a disease getting weaker as it works its way through the population.

I am not a doctor, although I have a lot of experience and training in statistics, specifically including bio-statistics. For specific medical information, FreeRepublic has a number of medical experts, such as Mother Abigail, providing information on this. They are an outstanding source of information.

[Mother Abigail]

Lubbock woman contracts mysterious SARS illness

Associaed Press

LUBBOCK -- A Lubbock woman is the third Texan to have contracted a suspected case of severe acute respiratory syndrome, or SARS, Lubbock city officials have confirmed.

The Texas Department of Health contacted the Lubbock Health Department about the woman on Saturday. The syndrome has not shown up in Lubbock, said Ken Condon, an epidemiologist for the Lubbock Health Department.
"It's simply a connection with Lubbock, not a case in Lubbock"

[Mother Abigail]

Singapore's Health Ministry has confirmed the country's second Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome-related death.

It is understood the man, one of the first SARS victims, is a 39-year-old pastor of the Faith Assembly of God Church at Kim Keat Road.

This was confirmed by several members from his church.
The second fatality comes a day after the SARS claimed its first victim in Singapore.

This patient, a man in his 40s to 50s, died of lung failure under intensive care at Tan Tock Seng Hospital on Tuesday night.

He has already been cremated.
The director of medical services says anyone who dies from SARS will undergo an autopsy and be cremated immediately.

At a media conference, Health Minister Lim Hng Kiang declined to confirm if the first victim was the father of one of the index cases, nor would he give details of the death.
He added that the ministry wanted to

[Mother Abigail]

Marin County may have its first case of SARS

The Associated Press

-- Marin County is reporting its first suspected case of the mysterious new super-pneumonia known as SARS.

Health officials say the patient recently visited Hong Kong and China. That patient apparently had a relatively mild case and is recuperating at home.

Thirty-nine cases have been confirmed in the U.S. -- with eleven in California.
The total worldwide is approaching 500 -- with 52 deaths reported

[Mother Abigail]

Two Theories Eyed in Illness

By Laurie Garrett

STAFF WRITER

March 26, 2003

Officials pursuing the cause of the mysterious illness reported in 13 countries so far offered two possible theories yesterday to explain the findings of three disparate viruses:

The disease could be caused by a combination of typically benign viruses, producing a virulent double impact on the human immune system.

Or, more puzzlingly, none of the viruses found so far is to blame - that these microbes may be so common that their presence in patient tissue specimens is simply a coincidence