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To: RealMuLan who wrote (30107)	3/25/2003 4:55:59 PM
From: Maurice Winn	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 74559

<The mystery virus, spread through direct close contact with an infected person, has caused at least 17 deaths and 456 "suspected or probable" cases around the world, WHO officials said.> A kill rate of 20% is a catastrophic proportion. If everyone has their DNA and health status challenged by this bug, that would mean 1 billion people removed from the planet. Since it's a common cold type bug and despite strenuous containment processes it is continuing to make inroads, we are facing a super serious challenge. The idea of a cure is fanciful. There are no common cold cures - not that have been achieved so far. The thing has doubled in a week or so, for both infections and deaths. That's despite containment. Singapore is taking it seriously. Good idea. The mask industry is going to have a better time than the duct tape industry. Mqurice