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To: KellyAdmirer
... and when summer ends, it will pop right back up again.

How so?

Reseachers indicate that WARMER WEATHER represents the increased threat involving SARS ...

From: http://image.thelancet.com/extras/03art4453web.pdf

Finally the warm season has begun in Hong Kong, with daily temperatures now at 25–30ºC. The seasonal risks of dengue and influenza will increase, and if serious outbreaks occur, they will complicate the triage of patients with possible symptoms of SARS. Thus, measures that can be taken now to limit further transmission, such as the shortening of the onset-to-admission interval, should be given high priority.

9 posted on 06/15/2003 7:17:50 AM PDT by _Jim
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To: _Jim
That's fine, we'll see what happens when the weather turns cooler again.
20 posted on 06/15/2003 7:38:07 AM PDT by KellyAdmirer
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To: _Jim
The flu season in hong kong is a bit of an oddity. It has dual peaks, one in March, the other in July/August. Here, the flu peaks during the colder months.
23 posted on 06/15/2003 8:07:22 AM PDT by per loin
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