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To: Henry Niman who wrote (44267)	1/4/2004 9:22:23 PM
From: Maurice Winn	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 74559

Henry, I wonder whether the genetic susceptibility Chinese seemed to have to sars mortality was actually due to disgusting air. This morning I hoiked up watery sputum with black streaks of particulate muck in it. Everyone's lungs are working overtime in survival mode here in Beijing. Some enjoy the additional challenge of sucking cigarette smoke into their lungs. Last year I wondered whether it was the Asian propensity to suck tobacco that made them vulnerable to sars death, if not some genetic susceptibility. Does muck in lungs make people more susceptible to death from pneumonia of sars type? I'm sure it would, having spent periods of my life trying to ensure good oxygen flow in the face of asthma and bronchial infections, including pneumonia. Counting the hoiking going on around here, compared with the USA, I'm not at all surprised at the relative sars mortality rates. The particulate and other toxin loads in lungs here must be about 500 times that of the average American and 1000 times that of the average Pig Islander, even including smokers!! [maybe a slight exaggeration if smokers are included]. From the Big Smoke, literally, [Tientsin was even worse and that was on a Sunday] Maybe China is some sort of engine room for the world's economy, but it's a very, very dirty one and needs flue gas scrubbing and catalytic converters on the mobile exhausts. The CNG buses are a start. Mqurice