Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Pastimes : SARS - what next? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Maurice Winn who wrote (1034)	2/21/2005 8:05:03 AM
From: Henry Niman	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1070

Mq, Viruses are good at population control and evolve over a long time scale. They evolve via recombination, which requires two different viruses infecting the same cell. The higher the number of infected hosts and the more contact between the hosts, the greater the chance of a new pandemic virus being created. Modern air travel would increase that likelihood because more diverse viruses get moved around more. The last century is just a minor blip on an evolutionary time scale, and the virus is clearly massing the troops for a major assault.