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To: Henry Niman who wrote (530)	6/16/2003 7:23:19 AM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1070

Good morning, Dr. Henry. Small world, isn't it? We've been posting about SARS here on SI since early April, and I've been reading about you in the news, but had no idea that you were one of our own. FaultLine started posting about it on Foreign Affairs Discussion Group first, as I recall, and we moved the discussion over here when the topic got hot. Now it's cooled down, as far as the news media is concerned, but my impression is that something is bothering you, because you've been posting some very intelligent technical observations over on the Agonist SARSblog (which is the best one I've found so far). I think you're correct that if the UNCCH death is SARS, and the patient was a super-spreader, that will be quite the media event. BTW, Biomaven also has a SARS thread on SI, but you're welcome to post here. Subject 53838

To: Henry Niman who wrote (530)	6/16/2003 7:38:24 AM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 1070

I am also part of a group of posters that have an interest in SARS on Free Republic, a conservative website that has a more than trivial number of nutballs, but some intelligent laymen (nurses, lawyers, engineers), as well. Here is the link to the site: Subject 53838 And here is a link with a search for SARS preloaded (can only search article titles): freerepublic.com The consensus of that group is that there is a tendency to underreport SARS by excluding SARS-like cases that don't have any known contact with a known SARS case. The primary motivation is politics, due to the stigma of SARS. This is probably not going to stop until there is a better test, or a general outbreak. At any rate, the general public no longer cares about SARS. My 70-year-old dad just flew to Hong Kong and took a slow boat to Jiangmen. He says that airplane tickets and hotels are very cheap these days.