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  • Odd...this stuff doesn't make headlines anymore.  MSNBC doesn't have an article on it and I really had to search CNN for this.  If I hadn't caught this on TV around noon I wouldn't have known

  • Somehow, we still tolerate each other. Eventually this will be the only forum left.
Somehow, we still tolerate each other. Eventually this will be the only forum left.
 #8105  by Tessian
 Thu Apr 24, 2003 11:51 pm
<div style='font: 11pt Dominion; text-align: left; '><b>Link:</b> <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/Northeast/04 ... opular?</a>

Odd...this stuff doesn't make headlines anymore. MSNBC doesn't have an article on it and I really had to search CNN for this. If I hadn't caught this on TV around noon I wouldn't have known</div>

 #8108  by Kupek
 Fri Apr 25, 2003 12:11 am
<div style='font: 10pt verdana; text-align: left; padding: 0% 10% 0% 10%; '>Well, we just finished a war with Iraq and we have to deal with the aftermath, North Korea just told us they have nuclear weapons, and there's a fatal flu that has spread around the world.</div>

 #8114  by SineSwiper
 Fri Apr 25, 2003 3:46 am
<div style='font: 11pt "EngraversGothic BT", "Copperplate Gothic Light"; text-align: left; '>Might be nice if they'd quit giving these kids guns.</div>

 #8117  by the Gray
 Fri Apr 25, 2003 12:38 pm
<div style='font: 12pt ; text-align: left; '>the mortality rate is around 1.8% Kupek, hardly higher than the normal Flu virus. The Media and WHO has blown it way the hell out of proportion.</div>

 #8121  by Kupek
 Fri Apr 25, 2003 3:01 pm
<div style='font: 10pt verdana; text-align: left; padding: 0% 10% 0% 10%; '>I see no problem with the WHO freaking - if they didn't, it could get serious. I also still think it's newsworthy; a fatal flu (yes, ~1%, but still fatal) has spread around the world fairly quickly.</div>

 #8147  by Garford
 Sun Apr 27, 2003 11:03 am
<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '>Errr, the mortality rate is 6-7% and might be as high as 8-15% depending on how accurate China's records are.</div>