From: Damien Broderick (damienb@unimelb.edu.au)
Date: Mon Mar 17 2003 - 20:52:31 MST
>crossposted from cryonet:
>>From Mgdarwin@cs.com Mon Mar 17 23:49:28 2003
>This is a warning of a possible near term pandemic which may be highly
>lethal and result in serious disruption of civil order and normal daily life.
CNN adds:
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The CDC "is advising persons traveling on nonessential or elective travel
to affected areas that they may wish to postpone their trips until further
notice," Dr. Julie Gerberding, the agency's director, said in a rare
Saturday news conference.
Cases of the form of pneumonia, dubbed severe acute respiratory syndrome
(SARS), have been reported in Canada, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, the
Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.
====================
How I hate it when my sf predictions are so horrible close to the mark.
Just today, my co-writer Rory Barnes and I signed contracts with eReads for
our new sf novel THE HUNGER OF TIME. It's been in the works for a couple of
years, and opens with rumors of the terrible new post-Jihad war
`Philippines plague', the Manila Flu, which all but obliterates humankind
within several years, precipitating a botched military-backed Singularity.
Let's hope this time our uncanny guess is *not* correct.
Damien Broderick
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