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...coronavirus in civets. Meanwhile, other scientists murmured that Yi's data was based on too narrow a range of samples drawn from just one market. Perhaps those civets, some argued, had been infected by humans in that market rather than the other way around. For Yi, a hot-tempered, chain-smoking workaholic, this was an unbearable impugning not just of his research but also of his genuine desire to apply his science to public health. Even more worrying was China's decision in August lifting the ban on sales of civets. By September, the markets were again crawling with them...
...similar virus. Dr. Rob Breiman, an epidemiologist from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, is leading the WHO team currently tracing the origins of last year's epidemic in Guangdong. Breiman observes, "Everyone certainly thinks this is meaningful. But where is the civet cat in the chain? Are they getting it from another animal? Are civet cats infecting rodents as well as humans? We just don't know exactly where civet cats fit in." But he concedes, "From a political and public-health standpoint, it was a reasonable step in response to the re-emergence of SARS this...
...neck way out there on this one." Yi, as usual, is dismissive of any doubts. Back in Hong Kong, he explains how the virus found in other animals such as badgers is genetically less similar to the strains found in humans, before vowing that culling civets "will break the chain of infection...
...service "accueillant" [welcoming] - though in a country where waiters have a near-statutory duty to be surly that wouldn't seem to be a difficult accolade to achieve. The only criticism was reserved for the pastries, almost universally deemed too sweet. One bypasser was less than happy with the chain's arrival: "It's the beginning of the end," she sighed. But she was an American...
Before the scare, the American cattle industry had been doing well. That was true at nearly every level in the complex chain that starts at the bottom rung with the cantankerous collection of cow-calf ranchers, who sell to feedlot operators, who in turn sell to giant corporate packers like Cargill Meat Sector. After several tough years, profits suddenly exploded this fall as the wholesale price of beef soared to a record high of $120 per 100 lbs.--a 50% increase in one year...