From: Harvey Newstrom (mail@HarveyNewstrom.com)
Date: Sat Mar 29 2003 - 17:00:55 MST
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>
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