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To: RealMuLan who wrote (31696)4/17/2003 4:03:37 AM
From: EL KABONG!!!  Read Replies (2) of 74559
 
Yiwu Zhang,

I read somewhere today some doctors claimed that Ultraviolet can kill SARS virus.

Ultra-violet rays from normal sunshine have long been known to kill most viruses. This is one reason why most viruses cannot survive outside of a host for more than a few hours. It wouldn't at all be surprising to learn that the SARS virus could be killed by ultra-violet rays.

According to a report on MSN, the medical professionals are now still puzzled about "super-spreader" and the question whether healthy people can carry virus without showing symptom.

I am not a medical major, so maybe I am too simple-minded. But my 2-cents is that a super-spreader is a person with an extreme strong immune system, so he can carry the virus for a long time without being sick (means showing symptom), but a lot of people around him get infected because of weak immune system.

"Super-spreaders" could be exactly as you described it. Or it could be that the carrier has something unique in his or her genetic make-up, or serology or immune system that makes them immune to the virus. Hence they are carriers of a virus that has no impact on their own body, but (in theory anyway) could spread the virus to other people who have no such immunities.

KJC
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