[aristeides]

(February! something wrong with the timeline...)

A businessman on Taiwan who has the disease travelled to South China in late February.

According to the article in today's Wall Street Journal, the disease first appeared in Foshan, China in mid-November.

[Mother Abigail]

Yes, but we are pretty certain the incubation period is 3-7 days (mas o menos)

I suspect this is not a case of SARS, or he is a secondary case.

Just thinking aloud

[twntaipan]

Foshan, China, huh? Now that is interesting. Some very nasty computer viruses have been traced to Foshan University---FWIW.

[CathyRyan]

The disease reportedly first appeared 2 months ago in Heyuan city, 150 kilometers (90 miles) northwest of Hong Kong, while mid- January [2003] press reports from Zhongshan city in the Pearl River Delta downplayed the health scare and urged citizens not to panic.

I think somebody in China needs to get the story straight?

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