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mike_m

05/10/03 12:05 AM

#106397 RE: brainlessone #106395

It's early, oh brainless one. They have demonstrated no hint at stemming the tide at this point. Two weeks ago the death toll was what? A month ago? Try to extrapolate from that what it may be two months from now.
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TJ Parker

05/10/03 2:20 AM

#106404 RE: brainlessone #106395

> edit there are 2,500,000,000 chinese. there are 4000 chinese
> with sars. there are 140 sars deaths
>
> that is like 16000000 to one. that is 1/1000 of your chance of
> dying by outboard motor in the united states


there are 281,421,906 people in the u.s. about 3000 died in terrorist acts during the last 3 years. tiny blip on the radar?

how much disruption was caused by one sniper in d.c. last year?

the economic impact doesn't come just from those who are infected and die. its also the fear of contracting it, and the measures taken to prevent spread, by individuals and by the gov.
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MKT_entropy

05/10/03 7:22 AM

#106408 RE: brainlessone #106395

[...there are 2,500,000,000 chinese...]

wow! their number just doubled from yesterday morning--what happened? <g>

M_e