FC: SARS: Some background information on the disease

[Declan McCullagh]

I've been almost entirely offline this week because of CFP and probably 
won't catch up on email until Monday. But here's some information on SARS, 
which we'll cover from time to time on Politech. Basically SARS appears to 
be as infectious as the common cold -- it spreads by airborne droplets or 
those left on surfaces -- except it can kill you.

Here's the tech perspective:
"Disease infects business world"
http://news.com.com/2009-1022-995238.html?tag=fd_lede1_hed
Note the number of cases yesterday (2,223):
http://www.who.int/entity/csr/sarscountry/2003_04_02/en
Compared to a week earlier (1,323):
http://www.who.int/entity/csr/sarscountry/2003_03_26/en
And six days before that (306):
http://www.who.int/csr/sarscountry/2003_03_20/en/
That's an exponential spread.

More info:
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/severeacuterespiratorysyndrome.html
http://www.aic.cuhk.edu.hk/web8/sudden_acute_respiratory_syndrom.htm
-Declan



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