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To: Judith Anne
I have difficulty understanding the seemingly cavalier attitude of the Indian government. Or is their bureaucracy that incompetent?

You've mentioned your fall/winter fears several times. Do you base that on it being a coronavirus, and more likely to spread in cooler air?

4 posted on 05/02/2003 12:16:32 AM PDT by per loin
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To: per loin
Most of the time, the viruses we see in the US in the fall and winter get their start in China, most particularly rural China, in the late winter and previous spring.

That's what we base our flu vaccines on, each year, the most likely virus to cause that year's US flu--the most prevalent Chinese virus...I just don't think there will be an effective vaccine against SARS, no matter how much research there is. There are too many unknowns, too many hurdles, and too much variability in the coronavirus RNA thought to be responsible.

Hope I'm being clear. I woke up and decided to check the SARS news threads...haven't had much coffee yet.
5 posted on 05/02/2003 12:26:41 AM PDT by Judith Anne
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