[thechat] SARS

[Madhu Menon]

At 09:04 PM 31-03-03, Tara Cleveland wrote:
>Anyway, a 3.5% death rate is nothing to sneeze at (no pun intended). In the
>flu epidemic of 1918, 1 billion people were infected and 20 million died.
>That's a 2% death rate. Luckily, so far there is no concrete evidence that
>it is airborne. If it is then we're in a whole different situation...

<view who="gossip monger">

Could this be... Saddam's retaliation?

[insert face showing mock horror here]

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I'm sorry Tara. I know this is scaring you. I probably shouldn't try to be 
funny at this time, but I want to clear Saddam and Bush from the air. Hey, 
I even tried to bring Atkins into it.

M