Word: containability
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...with more than 1,500 people infected--and 54 dead--in 13 countries, including at least 50 suspected cases in the U.S. Dr. Carlo Urbani, the World Health Organization doctor who first identified the outbreak, died of the disease last week. There was hopeful news as travel curbs helped contain the illness and investigators announced they had identified a new virus, part of the coronavirus family (linked to the common cold), as the likely cause. But some of that progress could come unraveled, thanks to a decision by Hong Kong officials to go ahead with last weekend's annual rugby...
...Without a vaccine or fail-safe pharmaceutical answer, many countries are resorting to extreme methods to try to contain the disease. Thailand is now requiring anyone entering the country from an infected zone to wear a surgical mask. Schools in Hong Kong will remain closed until April 21. All nonessential surgery has been postponed in Hong Kong and Toronto, so that the overburdened health-care systems can handle the costly and time-consuming treatment of SARS victims. Panic is erupting in usually placid Canada, where Chinese restaurateurs are now having to convince nervous patrons that eating moo shu pork doesn...
...story is quite obviously a farce—and an entertaining one, especially in light of the fact that such an exaggerated drama might have been taken seriously. The laughter did not stop at the audience, but extended to the cast, a few of whom unfortunately could hardly contain themselves either...
...national smallpox plan are more difficult to quantitate. The administration has repeatedly announced that it does not believe that a smallpox event is imminent, and that there are no hard data that any terrorist group actually possesses the virus. Debate has also centered on the most effective way to contain a smallpox event should we experience one. A number of public health officials, such as Dr. William Foege, former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), have speculated that a program to rapidly vaccinate contacts after an exposure might be more effective in controlling the spread...
Because that trio accounts for so much of Dartmouth’s offense, Mazzoleni wanted to try to contain it with his own top line, the one he also believes plays the best defense...