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I've been almost entirely offline this week because of CFP and probably won't catch up on email until Monday. But here's some information on SARS, which we'll cover from time to time on Politech. Basically SARS appears to be as infectious as the common cold -- it spreads by airborne droplets or those left on surfaces -- except it can kill you. Here's the tech perspective: "Disease infects business world" http://news.com.com/2009-1022-995238.html?tag=fd_lede1_hed Note the number of cases yesterday (2,223): http://www.who.int/entity/csr/sarscountry/2003_04_02/en Compared to a week earlier (1,323): http://www.who.int/entity/csr/sarscountry/2003_03_26/en And six days before that (306): http://www.who.int/csr/sarscountry/2003_03_20/en/ That's an exponential spread. More info: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/severeacuterespiratorysyndrome.html http://www.aic.cuhk.edu.hk/web8/sudden_acute_respiratory_syndrom.htm -Declan ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH evening reception in New York City at 7 pm, April 1, 2003 at CFP: http://www.politechbot.com/events/cfp2003/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if you include this notice. To subscribe to Politech: http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ Declan McCullagh's photographs are at http://www.mccullagh.org/ Like Politech? Make a donation here: http://www.politechbot.com/donate/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------