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2013-05-19 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

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Posted by trailing wife 2013-05-19 01:40|| || Front Page|| [11129 views ] Top

#1 Gaia is unhappy.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2013-05-19 06:11|| 2013-05-19 06:11|| Front Page Top

#2 this outbreak is different from the 2002-2003 SARS outbreak in several ways

- transmission vector includes bats (a number of species of these are native to saudiarabia)and bat poop rather than birds
- kills middle age people at high rates (the 2002-3003 SARS mostly killed people over 50)
-virus seems more robust isn't killed by sunlight

Posted by lord garth 2013-05-19 09:25|| 2013-05-19 09:25|| Front Page Top

#3 I understand that it is so virulent and hits so hard so quick, that the chances of pandemic is much lower - ironically, it's too deadly

Posted by Frank G 2013-05-19 12:07|| 2013-05-19 12:07|| Front Page Top

#4 This ain't good - if this thing gets loose during a hajj....I don't care what we think of Islamic militants, but given the Islamic distaste for modern science we could end up seeing the worst pandemic in roughly a hundred years.

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2013-05-19 12:15|| 2013-05-19 12:15|| Front Page Top

#5 Scary part is that it was transmitted to the nurses. If it requires full isolation, then treatment availability drops massively because there are limited numbers of such facilities and equipment.

Posted by OldSpook 2013-05-19 12:22|| 2013-05-19 12:22|| Front Page Top

#6 frank,

good point

the 2002 sars attacked the lungs

this disease, sometimes called coronavirus 2012 attacks the kidneys and the lungs simultaneously

Posted by lord garth 2013-05-19 13:36|| 2013-05-19 13:36|| Front Page Top

#7 This might save the day (for the west)

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2013-05-19 14:54|| 2013-05-19 14:54|| Front Page Top

#8 We trust Novartis (the inventors of Ritalin and ADD).

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2013-05-19 15:09|| 2013-05-19 15:09|| Front Page Top

#9 Death is part of life.
Elijah Cummings (D, Maryland)

Posted by Besoeker 2013-05-19 16:56|| 2013-05-19 16:56|| Front Page Top

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