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Thanks for the ping! Great article. It really shows how petty the PRC is. I still don't feel confident in the validity of China's assertion that SARS is decreasing. WHO and various others have also been reluctant to believe the PRC hype...even the left-wing BBC has questioned the SARS figures.

As usuall, it will probably be the chinese people who suffer while their 'leaders' enjoy the confortable luxuries dictatorships afford.

Has anyone heard updates re: SARS in the rural areas? The press seems to have quit covering that aspect. SARS in Beijing seems to be what their focusing on but if the rural areas have it (and it's covered-up or untreated), you can bet Beijing will get another dose.

I only know about the situation in the Hubei province, now that I'm back in the US. I've got contacts there in the gov, the countryside, doctors, nurses, police and college students, and they are all reporting that where they are, things are much better.

I get sniffs from other places, and I'd say there is still good reason to question Beijing's numbers, and the countryside outside Beijing is still a bit of a mystery. I think, thankfully, that things are a bit better, but that might very well be because of the time of year, and I'd be holding my breath when winter comes.

I'll be going back soon, and what I find out, I'll post.