Word: developable
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...language of epidemiology, the study and prevention of the spread of infectious diseases, is steeped in the metaphor of blockade. Doctors and scientists develop "barrier" nursing techniques and try to erect "ring fences" within society to corral a dangerous microbe, preventing it from jumping between people and countries. But one of the lessons learned by Hong Kong, the city hit hardest by the deadly epidemic of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), is that it does no good to slam the ring-fence gate after the killer has left...
...also suspect that as the disease is passed on second- and thirdhand, the virus might lose its potency. Says Dr. Joseph Sung, chief of service at the Prince of Wales Hospital: "I'm quite convinced that some people might have contracted the infection, but not the disease. Some may develop mild symptoms, like a little bit of cough and no fever; some may just feel a little tired for a day or two." In another small piece of good news, doctors at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta announced late last week that they had developed...
What are the symptoms? The illness usually begins with a fever of 38C or higher (sometimes with chills), headache, body aches and malaise. Patients develop a dry cough and difficulty breathing; some get diarrhea. Most people start to recover after five or six days. If you don't have symptoms, can you still infect others? It's possible. Researchers don't know enough about SARS to say for sure, but in general, viruses can be passed on for several days before symptoms appear...
VES’s financial support is behind it all. Dovey obtains her equipment from the department, which provides a stipend to individual juniors and seniors. This is a substantial help, students say, since a ten-minute roll of film can cost hundreds of dollars to purchase and develop independently. Besides lending cameras to video-focused students like Dovey, the department also provides unlimited rolls of 16 millimeter film for those not shooting with digital cameras...
...There is no college that is more aggressive in its recruiting than Harvard,” he said. “Over time, if you want to be effective, you want to develop a personal relationship with counselors and teachers in schools—that’s what works best in the long run. But you have to keep going back every year...