SARS Threads

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May 5, 2003

617. Chinese communities protest quarantines

618. SARS virus found to survive for weeks outside human body

619. SARS Virus is Mutating Fast - - And May Make Finding a Cure Impossible

620. 'Virus is mutating fast' in Hong Kong Could outrace a cure

621. Boneheaded ideas in the SARS saga

622. SARS Rioting Hits China; Outbreak Worsens in Taiwan

623. SARS Policy - Read Carefully (UC Berkeley Refusing Admission To Students from Asian SARS Countries)/a>

624. Thousands quarantined as SARS riots hit China (Social Unrest)

625. Hong Kong to Set Up a Research Center to Study SARS

626. WHO Cried Wolf - SARS panic spreads far faster than the virus itself

627. China's Chernobyl: SARS Can Spread on Imported Goods

628. UC Berkeley Bars Students From SARS (When their lives are at stake, liberals cringe in fear)

629. SARS Virus Is Robust Enough To Survive In Sewage

630. Villagers raid Sars centres

631. Sars communication: What Singapore is doing right (and Canada is doing wrong)

632. Taiwan SARS different from HK's: doctor

633. Cal Bans Summer Enrollment from SARS-Infected Areas

634. A Chinese Lab's Race To ID And Halt SARS: Politics and rivalry mix with research

635. Why America maybe overconfident about SARS

[flutters]

There was a thread yesterday with plant discussion about a shruib called saskatoon, and immune strength - have you run across it by any chance?

The SARS Threads for yesterday are posted. Maybe the article you are looking for is in #619 SARS Virus is Mutating Fast...?

[Judith Anne]

Thanks flutters. This thread is a FR treasure.

[flutters]

I found it. The article is #614 on my list. Doctors Advance Effective SARS Treatment.

[MarMema]

THANK YOU!!! I wanted to look up those shrubs. Thank you so much.

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May 6, 2003

636. SARS virus far from under control as China reports 160 cases

637. Amid SARS epidemic, China panics over pets

638. "I think I have 'that disease'"

639. Beijing Deploys SARS Patrols, Motorola Shuts Site

640. UC Berkeley Bars Students From SARS Areas (LIBERAL DOUBLE STANDARD ALERT!!!)

641. China steps up efforts to ensure healthcare workers' safety; 8 SARS deaths, 138 new cases

642. Students From Regions Affected by SARS Denied Summer Enrollment (Berkeley Paper's take on it)/a>

643. SARS: CHINA'S OPEN SECRET

644. SARS infects propaganda machine - China

645. 20 suspected SARS cases in Russia, may close border with China

646. SARS Virus Infects China's Economy

647. Motorola Shuts Beijing HQ on SARS (Free Trade)

648. Case Definitions for Surveillance of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)[from WHO]

649. Is China opening up or closing?

650. Berkeley to Block Students from Nations Hit by SARS

651. DEATH RATE FROM SARS MUCH HIGHER

652. World at risk if China doesn't curb SARS

653. SARS is lethal for the elderly

654. A Plague On Our Planet....For Ever (SARS)

655. U.S. Approves Force in Detaining Possible SARS Carriers

656. U.S. Approves Force in Detaining Possible SARS Carriers

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May 7, 2003

658. Study in Hong Kong Suggests a Higher Rate of SARS Death

659. SARS 'among most deadly viruses'

660. OUTBREAK IN HEBEI, 113 CASES IN ONE DAY, WHO TO SEND TEAM OF EXPERTS

661. SARS, AIDS and China's Cover-Up

662. Hysteria, Thy Name is SARS: The media need a chill pill.

663. WHO Sends Team to Chinese Province Hit by SARS; New Research Shows Danger of Illness

664. Getting out of China--and a little culture illustration

665. One probable, six suspected SARS cases in Georgia

666. China's Countryside Facing "Extremely Serious" SARS Epidemic

667. SARS Threatens To Wreck Asian Markets

668. WHO Raises SARS Fatality Rate Estimates

669. UC Berkeley's SARS Student Ban Dangerous, Misguided

670. Serum Brings Hope For SARS Cure

671. SARS DEATH RATE FOR OLDER PEOPLE MORE THAN 50%: WHO

672. Pets in China taking brunt of SARS hysteria, say animal activists

673. Miss Universe Contestants Must Prove They're SARS-Free

674. Four Detained for Spreading SARS Rumors

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May 8, 2003

675. China Punishes 120 Officials Over SARS - Xinhua (Commie Medical Reactionary Force Alert)

676. New Sars-like illness in Asia

677. Russia moves to halt Sars spread

678. Out of Masks and Scared of SARS? Try a Bra

679. Hu will be China's top SARS victim

680. SARS Spreads in Taiwan, Next 5 Days Seen Critical

681. SARS may be here to stay say researchers (Not likely to weaken)

682. Is SARS an overblown hysteria? -- Pros and cons

683. 18,000 isolated in Beijing

684. Bra firm faces SARS challenge

685. Five Patients Spread SARS to Scores, Study Says

686. Hospitals try to dupe officials about Sars (in China)

687. Pet massacre to halt SARS

688. SARS Crackdown In North Korea Isolates Foreigners

689. U.S. Braces as SARS Death Rate Soars to 15 Percent

690. China points finger at U.S. for SARS

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May 9, 2003

691. Taiwan Adds Record 18 SARS Cases, Surpasses Canada

692. SARS' strength a worry

693. SARS: experience at Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong

694. Russian germ weapons

695. Beijing hopeful of SARS decline

696. 80,000 To Travel To Beijing Despite SARS

697. Health Officials Unable to Pinpoint Source of SARS Infection

698. Shenzhen chef's taste for exotic animals may be to blame (for SARS)

699. SARS fears prompt new violence, new measures today

700. Sars is a health warning to the world

701. Russia closes Chinese border after first case (SARS)

702. SARS Paradox: Virus Might Cure Deflation Fears

703. Residents Forced To Wear Bras As Masks To Protect Against SARS

704. Fearful Chinese slaughter pets in Sars hysteria

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May 10, 2003

705. Green bean frenzy (SARS-inspired rumors running rampant in Asia)

706. Public hospitals to electronically track movements [SARS]

707. WHO: Beijing's SARS Data Seriously Flawed

708. Ancient Chinese superstitions combat SARS

709. China's textile exports falter amid Sars fears

710. Sars virus may 'permanently damage' patients' lungs

711. WHO raises new doubts about Sars fight in Beijing, Taiwan

712. Breakthrough: SARS Hope For a Quick Cure For SARS is Rising

713. China blames US for SARS

714. Singapore [SARS] cases reflect ethnicity

715. Hunan: Between Guangdong and a hard place

716. China's rural areas forced to take extreme measures[SARS]

[GOPJ]

Thanks for the ping.

[flutters]

May 11, 2003

717. Health officials fear SARS spread in Third World

718. CHINESE SARS MOBS SLAUGHTER CATS & DOGS

719. Sars hits Africa

720. Origin of SARS virus a puzzle, but many experts believe it began in an animal

721. Living with China's Sars threat

722. Expert: SARS Virus May Mutate Profoundly

723. Canadian economy sheds jobs as SARS outbreak felt

724. Chinese sex business [in Japan] hit by SARS scare

725. Expert hits out at prevention flaws (WHO contributes to Taiwan SARS outbreak)

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May 12, 2003

726. AIDS offers a clue in SARS fight

727. 'Super-spreaders' of Sars are elderly: WHO

728. SARS Lives Long, Prospers in Poop

729. Bad news for Beijing pets

730. SARS creeps deeper into rural China

731. China's Failing Health System

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May 13, 2003

732. SARS, Saddam and CNN: Don't believe the hype.

733. SARS hysteria

734. SARS cases pass 5,000 mark in China

735. Scientists Say Vodka Will Ward Off SARS

736. China Flights Halted

737. Pfizer Compound May Help to Find SARS Drug-Study

The above thread includes links to the following articles:

Modified Cold Drug May Fight SARS

SARS Could Mutate in Different Populations: Expert

Enzyme clue boosts SARS fight.

738. SARS Spreads To China's Army

The above thread includes links to the following articles:

Beijing: SARS 'under control'.

WHO says SARS control measures are working .

CHINA: Bug may be spreading in a new way .

Drop in SARS cases raises mask question .

Toronto remains on WHO list as agency asks Finland to check PCR test.

Beijing drops some quarantines; Nigeria suspects 1st death.

SARS scares the Nigerians.

[potlatch]

Thanks for the ping. Can't believe all the material you've amassed!! My son is going to Egypt, Greece, and Rome, instead of Hongkong, etc.

Probably any international flight carries risks now!!

[EternalHope]

Whenever anyone gets around to writing a book about SARS, your list will be an essential part of the history of the disease. FR: The best source of general information about SARS on the planet.

Keep up the good work!

[EternalHope]

Whoops! Comment 56 was directed at you.

[potlatch]

LOL, I just logged on and was going to write and saw you had written to flutters. I forgot to bookmark it, but am going to!

[flutters]

May 14, 2003

739. China's military defies SARS disclosure rules

The above thread includes a link to the following article:

Bug may be spreading in a new way

740. SARS flares up in Asia

741. Proposed bill aims to keep diseases like SARS out of Oregon

742. The Red Plague - How communism gave us SARS

The above thread includes links to the following articles:

SARS CRISIS: DON'T RULE OUT LINKAGES TO CHINA'S BIOWARFARE

12 Monkeys

743. WHO: RED CHINA STILL WITHHOLDING SARS FACTS

744. The other epidemic: West Nile Fever

745. Double toil and trouble - WHO launches Sars inquiry into HIV-hit Henan province

746. Taipei frustrated by public defiance against SARS measures

747. China censors CNN SARS report

[neither-nor]

Great work, I really appecitae the work you are putting into this.