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To: scaram(o)uche who wrote (14937)	12/26/2004 12:50:55 PM
From: Henry Niman	Respond to of 52153

>>My reference wasn't to contamination << The SARS in Vancouver was actually contamination at the Winnipeg labs, which is quite different than the WSN/33 sequences in Korean swine (which has been viewed by some as lab contaminants). The public in general doesn't trust science in some areas, and creating a lab monster is one. The last SARS outbreak was from a lab, but was quickly contained. The situation in Korea is quite different. Japan has already banned poultry imports, which was said to be due to an H5N1 infection from last season. However, they are quite aware of the situation in Korea, although WHO has yet to say anything publicly. As far as comments on Biotechs are concerned, I said that CHIR's problems in Liverpool may not be as easily solved as some thought when they were shut down. I think that CHIR has been damaged significantly, and human flu vaccine by CHIR for 2005/2006 is a very big maybe, which doesn't instill confidence in their abilities to come up with H5N1 or H9N2 pandemic vaccines, which may be in demand before 2005/2006.

To: scaram(o)uche who wrote (14937)	12/26/2004 3:56:49 PM
From: Henry Niman	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 52153

>>I have not visited your latest website, don't plan on doing such, and don't understand why you might think that I had or would.<< I hadn't and wouldn't. You had talked about posting comments on the one of the TWO SARS/ bird flu boards on SI. I wouldn't expect you to visit the recombinomics website or have anything of interest to say on the flu pandemic, which is why I posted an update here (which really was more for readers of this board and biotech guru who might have something useful to post. From you I expected just another personal attack, which is par for the course for territorial posters and of course you obliged). If you have ever posted anything of substance regarding the flu pandemic, please post a link. I must have missed it.

To: scaram(o)uche who wrote (14937)	12/26/2004 7:25:37 PM
From: Henry Niman	Respond to of 52153

Since you haven't been to the website here are some of the stories that carry my comments on SARS, pandemic flu, and anthrax (the stories themselves are linked at the website) recombinomics.com Avian Influenza (Bird Flu) Japan: Human Cases of Avian Influenza - Laboratory Findings Flu Information Center (P.R. China) 1933 Sequences in 2004 Korean H1N1 Swine Isolates Raise Concern Flu Information Center (P.R. China) Trying to count future flu deaths Effect Measure Scale of Pandemic Not Predictable, WHO Says CIDRAP The Genome is Fowl Wired News Bird flu could become biggest mass killer Department of Veterinary Services of Perak, Malaysia You'll Be Fine. Just Don't Breathe A Relative Path BehindTheMedspeak: Bird Flu could kill one billion people bookofjoe 2, 7, 20, 50, 100 million? stats.org Who's Advising Who About Communicating Risk? Schwitzer's health news blog W.H.O. Official Says Deadly Pandemic Is Likely if the Asian Bird Flu Spreads to People The New York Times Tens of millions could die from flu International Herald Tribune A-Choo Fact-esque U.N. Health Official Foresees Tens of Millions Dying in a Global Flu The New York Times WHO aide warns of avian flu pandemic International Herald Tribune Be safe, not sorry, when it comes to bird flu The Straits Times Weapons may be 'pre-made' to fight bird flu virus The Straits Times We knew pigs had bird flu: Beijing The Standard Tamiflu did well in test on H5N1 in '97 The Straits Times Bio Security Measures Megola Bird flu: Current vaccines unlikely to help The Straits Times Bird flu two years to control: WHO CNN Eating Poultry in China a Political Act Associated Press Dual Outbreaks Force China to Reflect Associated Press State of Denial Newsweek Lessons learned: How China's fight against SARS affects its bird-flu efforts Associated Press Vaccine option possible against bird flu Globe and Mail China halts poultry imports from U.S. after bird flu outbreak in Delaware Associated Press Bird Flu: Are there risks, cures? Asia News No part of Asia safe from bird flu: WHO Agence France-Presse Guangdong hid deaths' The Standard (Hong Kong) Avian flu seen spreading far and wide across Asia Knight Ridder Newspapers Inoculating the world against the wrong flu The Straits Times Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) One suspected SARS patient dies as virus returns to haunt China Agence France-Presse SARS returns to haunt China TV New Zealand China on SARS alert after 2 possible cases surface Agence France-Presse China on SARS alert as two possible cases are discovered Associated Press SARS Forgotten But Not Gone Wired News WHO to Launch SARS Surveillence System Associated Press Tinkering with the key to locking up deadly bug The Straits Times SARS: Are We Ready? Time Return of the virus - 'in next 2 months' The Straits Times Better be forearmed: Treat the case as Sars The Straits Times Animals in Chinese markets carried SARS-like virus CIDRAP Chinese economic concerns trump safety Associated Press Virus at Canada Nursing Home Not SARS Associated Press Vancouver Sars denial a cause for concern The Straits Times More SARS or Just a False Alarm? Wired News Vancouver virus: SARS mutation? Atlanta Journal-Constitution A Sequel to SARS? Science Son Of SARS? CBS News SARS may be here again The Straits Times Cadmium Exposure Mimics Estrogen Wired News Something's in the air: liberties in the face of SARS and other infectious diseases - Singapore Reason Let them eat cats World Magazine Human Sars bug similar to virus in animals The Straits Times Clues to the Animal Origin of SARS Science Animal-Human SARS Link Found Wired News New research links SARS to virus found in Chinese animals Associated Press SARS Sequence Analysis ProMed Tinkering with the key to locking up deadly bug The Straits Times SARS Origin APEC Emerging Infections Network SARS Origin, Speculation ProMed U.K. scientists ask: Is SARS from Mars? Canadian Press SARS Origin, Speculation ProMed Worldwide SARS outbreak seems to be near end Los Angeles Times SARS: More questions than answers The National Business Review (New Zealand) SARS Mutations and Contact Tracing ProMed A week in a bug's life in science labs around the world The Straits Times Wrong Formula for SARS Death Rate? Saipan Tribune Counting victims: Discounting the SARS reassurance syndrome The National Business Review (New Zealand) Fewer new SARS cases in Hong Kong Associated Press Sars rate begins to fall in Hong Kong London Times Sars virus a bioweapon? Unlikely The Straits Times The politics of SARS The Manila Times Sewage Puts a New Spin on SARS Wired News SARS Mutations ProMed SARS death rate inches higher in Hong Kong Haaretz.com New find on SARS virulence - Genetic 'hot spot' clue The Australian SARS Etiology ProMed SARS Etiology ProMed As SARS rages, Hong Kong orders a quarantine International Herald Tribune The mutating world of a killer virus The Straits Times SARS mutating, becoming more virulent: new warning Sydney Morning Herald Superspreaders May Hold SARS Clue Wired News 'Super-Infectors' Are Key To Rapid Spread Of SARS The London Times Can Some Individuals Transmit SARS More Widely Than Others? Wall Street Journal Super-spreaders fan SARS fears Atlanta Journal-Constitution Experts divided on SARS' prevalence Knight Ridder News WHO's Methodology May Understate SARS Death Rate, Some Officials Say Wall Street Journal Stopping SARS: A Search for Drugs Wired News Police seal off Beijing hospital over SARS Sydney Morning Herald Mutating SARS Keeps Docs Sweating Wired News Doctors log on to fight SARS outbreak CNET News Hungry For Details, Scientists Zoom in On SARS Genome Science SARS Gene Sequence Unveiled Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome 80 new SARS cases brings quarantine in Hong Kong International Herald Tribune U.S. SARS Quarantine Policy in Effect Associated Press SARS Gene Sequence Unveiled Wired News Hong Kong re-evaluates SARS treatment after 12 more deaths Associated Press Gene Chip Helps Identify Cause of SARS Associated Press Bacillis Anthracis (Anthrax) Closing of Lab Marks Renewed Intensity in Anthrax Probe Baltimore Sun Agency Looks Into Claim Doctor Had Skin Anthrax New York Times Clusters of Illness Suggest That Most Infections Came From Two Mailings New York Times