Forum Archive Index - April 2003

[nickk@quicksilver.net.nz]

All the talk about SARS not being as 'infectious' as the cold is a misnomer. 

If it infects 1/1000 but that person is certain to die from it, I think 
there is something to be concerned about.  You don't die from a cold...you 
die from your body failing to beat it.  If your body has no chance to fight 
SARS then we should be concerned. 

Nk 

Robin Benson writes: 

> SARS is a problem really because it strikes fear in the mind of people. 
> It's not that infectious compared with other infectious diseases. 
> 
> Over 1000 people were killed on the roads in the UK for the three weeks 
> that SARS has killed, AFAWK, 300. 
> 
> OK, so it's largely a third-world problem. Then consider it in terms of 
> other third-world mortality figures, like the thousands of children who 
> die every week due to malnutrition, tropical diseases, dysentery, etc. 
> 
> In some ways, then, it has similar effects to terrorism in its effect, 
> therefore if any stocks are going to be affected by it they will be those 
> who have suffered from the recent hype about terrorism (hotel chains, 
> airlines, tourism ... ). 
> 
> SARS a bio-weapon? Sure, but then so could AIDs, the common cold, TB, 
> pneumonia ... (you get the idea). 
> 
> Cheers 
> 
> Robin 
> 
> On Saturday, Apr 26, 2003, at 13:17 Europe/London, Bill Hughes wrote: 
> 
>> The Canadian Press is reporting that SARS has infected Medical Staff. It 
>> appears that the virus has the ability to spread by way of objects, not 
>> merely persons.
>>  
>> A Times of India article dated 12 April says that a top Russian of the 
>> Medical Sciences Academy says SARS could be Chinese bio-weapon.
>>  
>> China Troubles by J R Nyquist at http://www.financialsense.com
>  
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