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Strategies & Market Trends : Telebras (TBH) & Brazil -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Steve Fancy who wrote (1581)	4/11/1998 7:24:00 AM
From: EPS	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 22640

Thanks Steve, It looks like he will be in.. for a while.. and the Brazilians will have to do something soon to soothe the markets.. Victor :-(

To: Steve Fancy who wrote (1581)	4/11/1998 11:56:00 AM
From: Michael Burry	Respond to of 22640

The minister is being kept sedated and is still receiving anti-infection and anti-inflammatory treatment. Sounds to me like ARDS, or acute respiratory distress syndrome. We treat that with high dose steroids (anti-inflammatory) and also antibiotics to treat the infection. ARDS is very serious, and if this is the case, his situation is grave. If he's in the ICU, it means he's been intubated (placed on a breathing machine). Severe bacterial pneumonias can cause this, but I wonder about parasitic infections and fungi, given the prolonged course and difficult cure. That's my doctor's view, but what does this really mean for our investment? Any view as to the consequences of his death, should it occur? I'm not all that impressed at the consequences myself. Re: the street.com article, it seems Telebras is most vulnerable in the cellular arena - it appears there is a head start given to the non-Telebras player, and Telebras doesn't have as much of a lead in terms of infrastructure. In the fixed line arena, Telebras is in a position of strength in that it owns infrastructure that is already in lace and has been getting upgraded the last 4-5 years. This investment just keeps getting more and more interesting. Mike