SARS in Middle East
Sep 24th 2012, 8:05 am
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SARS in Middle East
Not scare-mongering, just one to keep an eye on:
British health authorities have alerted the U.N. of a new respiratory virus in a severely ill patient from Qatar.
http://www.lbcgroup.tv/news/52137/new-sar
British health authorities have alerted the U.N. of a new respiratory virus in a severely ill patient from Qatar.
http://www.lbcgroup.tv/news/52137/new-sar
Sep 24th 2012, 8:12 am
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Re: SARS in Middle East
Not scare-mongering, just one to keep an eye on:
British health authorities have alerted the U.N. of a new respiratory virus in a severely ill patient from Qatar.
http://www.lbcgroup.tv/news/52137/new-sar
British health authorities have alerted the U.N. of a new respiratory virus in a severely ill patient from Qatar.
http://www.lbcgroup.tv/news/52137/new-sar
Sep 24th 2012, 8:58 am
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Re: SARS in Middle East
That petrifies me as my son has respiratory issues.
Sep 24th 2012, 9:04 am
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Re: SARS in Middle East
I was sort of hoping that this was innacurate reporting (given the source, which also ran a story about an 80-year old man raping a cow and an alleged rape of a duck), but the WHO have confirmed it:
http://www.who.int/csr/don/2012_09_23/en/
http://www.who.int/csr/don/2012_09_23/en/
Sep 24th 2012, 9:13 am
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Re: SARS in Middle East
roll on Oct 24th.
Sep 24th 2012, 9:21 am
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Sep 24th 2012, 9:23 am
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Sep 24th 2012, 9:25 am
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Re: SARS in Middle East
ah of course.... that doesn't even bear thinking about... millions of people from all round the globe in very close proximity.... 
Sep 24th 2012, 9:31 am
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Re: SARS in Middle East
And of course, should someone fall ill, none of the god bothers would think of keeping them all there under quarantine. (Imagine the service to the world...)
Sep 24th 2012, 9:46 am
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Re: SARS in Middle East
these new things crop up almost daily around the world.
there is almost no doubt that the greatest threat to mankind is a bug of some form that will wipe out vast vast numbers of us. This will happen its not an if but a when and as pointed out haj or the kumbh mela could be a major vectoring factor although more likely is an individual in a business city like dubai causing global chaos.
the film contagion is a pretty good representation of what will happen
there is almost no doubt that the greatest threat to mankind is a bug of some form that will wipe out vast vast numbers of us. This will happen its not an if but a when and as pointed out haj or the kumbh mela could be a major vectoring factor although more likely is an individual in a business city like dubai causing global chaos.
the film contagion is a pretty good representation of what will happen
Sep 24th 2012, 9:54 am
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Re: SARS in Middle East
case in point is the new "flesh eating" antibiotic resistant bug thats shown up in the UK and has come from Pakistan and India, both of whom are denying the existence of the bug (which makes mrsa look cute).
Sep 24th 2012, 1:15 pm
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Re: SARS in Middle East
Not scare-mongering, just one to keep an eye on:
British health authorities have alerted the U.N. of a new respiratory virus in a severely ill patient from Qatar.
http://www.lbcgroup.tv/news/52137/new-sar
British health authorities have alerted the U.N. of a new respiratory virus in a severely ill patient from Qatar.
http://www.lbcgroup.tv/news/52137/new-sar
Sep 25th 2012, 3:50 am
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Re: SARS in Middle East
Posted on the other thread but this is giving me the severe willies.
Sep 25th 2012, 8:35 am
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