SARS pathogen confirmed

[Urban Ranger]

A new strain of coronavirus is confirmed to cause SARS:

GENEVA -- Today, the World Health Organization announced that a new pathogen, a member of the coronavirus family never before seen in humans, is the cause of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS). The speed at which this virus was identified is the result of the close international collaboration of 13 laboratories from 10 countries. While many lines of evidence have found strong associations between this virus and the disease over the last weeks, final confirmation came today.

WHO website

[Sava]

Pretty soon American Pharamaceutical companies will release their new wonder-drug SarSbegone and extort people in the name of Capitalism!

[yavoon]

socialist!

=D

[Sava]

I'm waiting for the attacks on China. "blyyaaahhh it's a leftist conspiracy"

[Lefty Scaevola]

Originally posted by Sava
I'm waiting for the attacks on China. "blyyaaahhh it's a leftist conspiracy"

About a week ago a top Tussian biologist (with former goverment position) opined that SARS was the result an accidental release of a bio-egineer weapon by the chineese. I have not heard that anywhere else.

[Jarvin]

If it is a bio-weapon it isnt a very good one, not nearly contageous enough. This either proves that that top Russian scientist is an idiot, or that the Chinese are incompetent. Either way is fine.

[KrazyHorse]

Apparently Health Canada has its doubts. Sars association with the coronavirus is weak in Canadian cases, and animals innoculated with the coronavirus they did find in some cases remained healthy (unlike similar tests elsewhere).

[Urban Ranger]

There are other microbes found too. The Chinese found some sort of bateria earlier, and the local CU isolated another kind of viruses. The current explanation is the coronavirus causes the illness, these other beasties make it worse.

[Urban Ranger]

Originally posted by Jarvin
If it is a bio-weapon it isnt a very good one, not nearly contageous enough. This either proves that that top Russian scientist is an idiot, or that the Chinese are incompetent. Either way is fine.

Silly man. It is a campaign of misinformation.

[DaShi]

Originally posted by Sava
I'm waiting for the attacks on China. "blyyaaahhh it's a leftist conspiracy"

Are the rumors true that the Chinese created this virus and now it has gotten out of control?

[Lancer]

Well, I don't want to die.

[Sava]

It's not genetically engineered. My mom's company is researching the disease right now.

[Lancer]

Sava's mom is on the case. I feel safer already. Sava, this makes you Apolyton's foremost authority on the subject. Keep us informed!

[Urban Ranger]

Originally posted by DaShi
Are the rumors true that the Chinese created this virus and now it has gotten out of control?

Yeah. A couple of elementary school kids were messing around with genetic engineering but forgot to destroy the viruses afterwards.

Bad, bad kids.

[Skanky Burns]