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Date Posted: 09:41:18 04/04/03 Fri
Author: SurveyGuy
Author Host/IP: NoHost / 68.81.153.209
Subject: Info on SARS -- something to really be concerned about. Check the Medline page link below for lots of information

This a excerted from the Politech maillist.

Here's some information on SARS, which we'll cover from time to time on Politech. Basically SARS appears to be as infectious as the common cold -- it spreads by airborne droplets or those left on surfaces -- except it can kill you.

Here's the tech perspective:
"Disease infects business world"
http://news.com.com/2009-1022-995238.html?tag=fd_lede1_hed

Note the number of cases yesterday (2,223):
http://www.who.int/entity/csr/sarscountry/2003_04_02/en

Compared to a week earlier (1,323):
http://www.who.int/entity/csr/sarscountry/2003_03_26/en

And six days before that (306):
http://www.who.int/csr/sarscountry/2003_03_20/en/

That's an exponential spread.

More info:
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/severeacuterespiratorysyndrome.html
http://www.aic.cuhk.edu.hk/web8/sudden_acute_respiratory_syndrom.htm

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