No answers yet on mystery pneumonia

From: Max M (maxmcorp@worldonline.dk)
Date: Mon Mar 17 2003 - 00:48:43 MST

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    http://www.cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/03/16/mystery.disease/index.html

    > A particularly virulent form of pneumonia had scientists and doctors
    > scrambling Sunday for more information to share with a fearful public
    > that already has been told to consider postponing visits to several
    > locations where the disease has been reported.

    This seems to be a particluarly nasty pneumonia.

    > Over the past week, more than 150 new or suspected cases of the
    > pneumonia have been reported around the world, the WHO said. Nine of
    > those people have died.

    So far this is a 6% mortality rate. But many of those with the disease
    probably just haven't died yet. Probably we will end up in the >10%
    mortality range.

    Hopefully it will not get a chance to spread, or it will make all the
    worlds other problems seem tiny in comparison.

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    hilsen/regards Max M Rasmussen, Denmark
    http://www.futureport.dk/
    Fremtiden, videnskab, skeptiscisme og transhumanisme
    


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