Re: SARS: update

From: Karen Rand Smigrodzki (KarenSmi@adelphia.net)
Date: Sat Mar 29 2003 - 18:39:12 MST

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    From: "Harvey Newstrom" <mail@HarveyNewstrom.com>
    To: <extropians@extropy.org>
    Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2003 7:00 PM
    Subject: RE: SARS: update

    > Rafal Smigrodzki wrote,
    > > I am still not convinced we are in great danger. Ebola and West
    > > Nile virus also looked bad but never panned out as pandemics.
    >
    > Very true. However, those outbreaks didn't spread on airplanes around the
    > globe. I think this will become an epidemic, similar to other recent
    > influenza epidemics. However, it should be noted that the death rate for
    > this virus is about 3.5%, which is actually less than regular influenza.
    >
    > --
    > Harvey Newstrom, CISSP, IAM, GSEC
    > <www.HarveyNewstrom.com>
    >
    >
    >
    >

    Sorry, Harvey. You are wrong. Ebola did indeed spread via airplanes.

    --karen
    karen@smigrodzk.org



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