Posts tagged “sars”

I refer everyone to the current front pages of the Ironic Times and the Daily Probe. The Iraqi...Apr 24, 2003

Linking to some good Iraqi Information Minister humor (still funny, always will be), plus thoughts on SARS panic outpacing the actual disease. That 5% death rate isn't reassuring when you think about it statistically. Staying scared for now.

Okay, my personal alarm bells are going off: 402 cases in Beijing alone. This being up from the...Apr 20, 2003

Beijing just jumped from 37 to 402 SARS cases. China's massive, the disease is spreading far from Hong Kong, mortality is climbing past 9%, and it can spread through water and waste. I'm not leaving my house for the foreseeable future.