Re: SAR plague

From: Karen Rand Smigrodzki (karen@smigrodzki.org)
Date: Tue Mar 18 2003 - 14:04:36 MST

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    The WHO website gives daily updates of this and other infectious diseases.
    >From Feb 1, 2003 to today, March 18, 2003, 219 cases are known and only 4
    have died.

    http://www.who.int/csr/sars/tablemarch18/en/

    ---Karen

    ----- Original Message -----
    From: "Damien Broderick" <damienb@unimelb.edu.au>
    To: <extropians@extropy.org>
    Sent: Monday, March 17, 2003 10:52 PM
    Subject: SAR plague

    >
    > >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:
    > ...................................................
    >
    > 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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