Posted on 04/08/2003 6:52:15 AM PDT by CathyRyan
The incredibly scary thought is that this epidemic is not dying out in China--that it is uncontrolled and spreading. Even if China becomes a pariah nation who's entire population is persona non grata in the civilized world, we will still not keep SARS from jumping beyond her borders again and again.
So this disease is occasionally highly communicable and kills 3% of it's victims. I have been pessimistic about it's containability since day one. We've been talking about a "new world order," asymetrical warfare, and the war on terror. If this disease hits 20% of a population and kills 3% of its victims (even more with no medical care), then we are seeing the new world order, the new terrorism, and the new asymetrical warfare being played out biologically. China cannot hope to be admitted into the community of nations--which she desperately wants--not while she practices 1960's "Soviet style" disinformation and coverup.
Her dreams of maintaining her dictatorship and lies while getting a seat with the "big players table" is impossible. This is just an early proof of her need for reform.
1) CDC and the
World Health Organization
provide up-to-date
numbers on cases
and deaths. Interestingly,
all over the globe
the death rate from SARS
hovers around 5 percent.
With the exception
of the United
States. Here the death rate is nil.
More than a hundred
cases, and no deaths. [!]
You decide if you believe
our health officials.
2) Last week, the US
"officially" had about
70 SARS hits.
This week there are more
than 140.
Even if the death
rate is 3%,
can you calculate the deaths
after, say, six months,
with a case count that
doubles every week?* Of course,
nature is never
linear, but if
this delta doesn't change fast,
the future looks tough.
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* calculate the deaths after six months with a case count that doubles every week?
x = 72
For 1 to 24
x*2 = x
End For
Print "cases:", x
Print "deaths:", x * .03
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