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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (731)	9/6/2003 7:33:34 AM
From: Henry Niman	Respond to of 1070

There is a big difference between the virus isolated from the animals and the virus isolated post Metropole Hotel. The 50 mutations are found in all isolates outside of mainalnd China. SARS is an evolving disease. The case mortality rate was over 25% in Taiwan. However, the case mortality rates were for SARS (patients with pneumonia), not those infected with the virus. The case mortality rate for suspect cases in Canada (symptoms but no pneumonia) was close to zero.

To: Maurice Winn who wrote (731)	9/8/2003 11:08:50 PM
From: Henry Niman	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1070

Somehow I get the feeling that CARS (Confused Acute Respiratory Syndrome) is spreading again. Now it is in Singapore. It seems that when patients get infected with SARS CoV, but don't meet WHO's expectations, the become another case of CARS. If WHO wants to stick with a pneumonia requirement for SARS that is one thing, but instead they keep saying that SARS CoV infections are not SARS CoV infections because the virus doesn't present properly. Thus, there is no SARS CoV in humans. The spin goes on and on. >===== Original Message From "Henry L Niman, PhD" <henry_niman@hms.harvard.edu> ===== alertnet.org 09 Sep 2003 02:09:27 GMT WHO does not yet see Singapore man as SARS case ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- MANILA, Sept 9 (Reuters) - The World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Tuesday the fever of a Singapore man who tested positive for SARS had eased and that the case was not yet being viewed as a return of the deadly virus. "At this stage, we are treating it as a suspected case -- a perplexing case -- but we're not treating it as probable SARS," said Peter Cordingley, WHO's head of public information in the Western Pacific region. "The guy's fever is now down."