as SARS - severe acute respiratory syndrome

[weebee]

I think it was the BBC or ITV that was reporting it as coming from the civet cat which is eaten for food. http://www.bradenton.com/mld/bradenton/living/health/5924088.htm

I personally think it’s a ploy by China to stop the US invasion of North Korea, and deal with overcrowding.

 

[Dr Lou Natic]

Originally posted by weebee
I personally think it’s a ploy by China to stop the US invasion of North Korea, and deal with overcrowding.

Oh so you're insane excellent.
Unfortunately I think it is merely a completely natural occurence that is shrouded in absolutely no mystery whatsoever. I would be suspicious if it didn't pop up. When you see the conditions in which the people and animals live in the area it "crossed over", its surprising there aren't many more incurable infectious diseases coming from there.
It isn't china dealing with overcrowding, its nature dealing with overcrowding. Its nothing new, we seem to have very short historical memories when it comes to diseases.

 

[valich]

The new Asian Bird Flu virus is more of a threat today than SARS was. We're lucky that China acted so swiftly and efficiently to control SARS before it became a major pandemic outbreak, but the current consensus is that we're not going to be so lucky with the Bird Virus as it has already spread to numerous Southeast Asian countries that are not prepared to deal with it.