Yeah, totally agree, WHO does act more like a political mouthpiece than an international health organization. hehe, Tommy Thomson is the administrator of the Federal Health Care Financing Administration and now it is called Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). you have demoted him<g>. and he was WI governor for 3 or even 4 terms (15+years) and left at a glorious time, and a huge budget deficit for WI. $3.2+ Billions of deficit for the next 2 fiscal years, and now the new governor has to do the dirty job to clean up the mess he left. And now I think, he, along with Bush, are thinking to mess up Medicare. what can I say.
This time, CDC is going to spin the SARS situation as much as possible, and use it to test the preparation of the US health system for the possible bio-chemical attack.
Have you read this following article? I actually buy the theory of this US vet about most of US people already immune to SARS. And who knows? maybe that is why SARS has not been spreading out in the US, although it may be too early to tell.
forbes.com
I do not know about the death rate of flu, but in terms of number of deaths, it will be low 6 figures annually, I think. Although there is a little difference bet. SARS and flu. flu victims are usually dominantly elders, very few younger people get it and dead, even if treated late. While in SARS, both younger and elder people might die if treated late. And SARS, although not as easy to pass on from one person to another as flu, but could have much longer dormant period than flu.
Yeah, I do agree that SARS will stay with us for a long time, perhaps, with or without vaccines. |
