[dark_lord]

WHO said it will deploy an investigative team on Thursday to the densely populated northern province of Hebei, where the number of SARS infections has "risen sharply" in the past week, doubling to 98 between April 30 and May 4.

So it has "broken out" in at least one province. I am sure that this has occurred in more provinces than that one. 2nd point - rate doubled in 1 week. Know that the "rate" is based on the reporting -- those who actually go to a hospital, those who then are diagnosed, and then those diagnoses that are reported. I suspect the actual rate is far higher.

I looked, and there before me was a pale horse! Its rider was named Death, and Hades was following close behind him. They were given power over a fourth of the earth to kill by sword, famine and plague, and by the wild beasts of the earth.

[harpseal]

In Europe, health ministers agreed to spend an extra $23 million on research, including the development of a SARS vaccine. But they failed to agree on SARS screening at European airports, fearing such measures would be too heavy-handed.

We have no reason to believe that a SARS vaccine will be developed any time in the near future. The failure to institute SARS screening at airports is an example of political correctness trumping a sound public health policy.