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If the new disease is so bad, why do they take the chance?
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There's only been 150 cases or so, and it doesn't appear to be that infectious. Plus only a 5-10% fatality rate means that it doesn't appear to be much worse than a meningitis outbreak.12-17-10 Mohamed Bouazizi NEVER FORGET
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well that's good. the news makes it sound so bad. Why do they have to dramatize it so much. They act like this is a biological attack of some sort.Comment
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Because the economic consequences of shutting down the biggest airhub in the region would be immense? Cause it would create a feeling of panic that should not exist? cause airlines and importer/exporters don't want to lose millions?If you don't like reality, change it! me
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that too
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Fear mongering is what the media is all about.Originally posted by Dissident
well that's good. the news makes it sound so bad. Why do they have to dramatize it so much. They act like this is a biological attack of some sort.Rethink Refuse Reduce Reuse
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Hmmm cheaper flights!I will never understand why some people on Apolyton find you so clever. You're predictable, mundane, and a google-whore and the most observant of us all know this. Your battles of "wits" rely on obscurity and whenever you fail to find something sufficiently obscure, like this, you just act like a 5 year old. Congratulations, molly.
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17-03-2003 23:32
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Why isn't international air travel from Hong Kong and China being discontinued?
If the new disease is so bad, why do they take the chance?
Hm... 17-03-2003 23:32... That is 23:32 GMT+1, so that would make it 5:32 EST for Americans.
Kind of late to suggest this Lancer, considering there are already victims in Europe, Africa and the US...Within weeks they'll be re-opening the shipyards
And notifying the next of kin
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Last I counted the fatality rate was about 3%. Kinda wimpy for an epidemic.Originally posted by Frogger
There's only been 150 cases or so, and it doesn't appear to be that infectious. Plus only a 5-10% fatality rate means that it doesn't appear to be much worse than a meningitis outbreak.(\__/) 07/07/1937 - Never forget
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I thought 9 dead and 150 cases...
=6%12-17-10 Mohamed Bouazizi NEVER FORGET
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Regular old run-o-the-mill pneumonia that we see here in Ann Arbor all the time has a higher fatality rate than this illness.
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It depends on how you count then.
If you just include the cases in Canda, it's very nasty
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Yup. We're running a 22% fatality rate.12-17-10 Mohamed Bouazizi NEVER FORGET
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The US? Do you mean Canada?the US...
Of course, one of the problems is that they aren't sure all of these are the same disease.Hanoi has reported at least 42 cases of the illness, Hong Kong has 43, Singapore at least 16. Tapei reported three people hospitalized with flu-like symptoms. Guangdong province, which adjoins Hong Kong in China, reported 305 cases by mid-February, including five deaths.
With about ~450 cases and about 8 or 9 deaths, the fatality rate is about 2% (although we don't know how many of those in serious conditions will survive)."I read a book twice as fast as anybody else. First, I read the beginning, and then I read the ending, and then I start in the middle and read toward whatever end I like best." - Gracie AllenComment
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