". . . but since we seem to lack the political will and common sense to do it ourselves, the little bugs will do it for us, using their criteria rather than ours."
. . .seems we can thank China; it's poverty and ignorance and the Totalitarian Will that engenders for contributing the 'little bugs' in their super genetic combinations that now threaten the rest of the world.
Made in China. . .Sars is not the first of their imports; hope they clean up their act; their politics threaten all of us.
I think their problems are long standing--rural poverty combined with very high population density is a lethal mix. Throw in agricultural practices and culinary peculiarities (particularly among the Cantonese), and a bad situation gets worse.