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...young doctor oversees a new fever ward at the medical clinic in Biange township in central China's largely rural Hebei province, and he's dangerously unprepared for an outbreak of the disease. A chronic funding shortage means his clinic lacks even enough surgical masks. Behind him, workers erect a flimsy Plexiglas shield across a hallway to create an isolation ward where one patient already lies feverish. Asked if his facility can cope with SARS, Dr. Li shakes his head. "All we have is our hands," he says. Even those go without basic protection against the virus that causes SARS...
...trigger and bite the bullet. Opportunities for ass can come anywhere and at any time. You’ll be in the pit, hacking the sack with some hobos, and a slum-honey glory-girl with ink all over her grill will come up to you begging for something erect. It’s your obligation to tell her, “I know I go to Harvard, but this Ivory Tower’s looking for any old hunchback that’ll ring my bell!” Clever shit like that gets all the pit girls...
...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...
...original coterie of "Zap" artists, Spain has been creating left-leaning comix about outcasts and the exploited since the mid-sixties. Part of a comix generation that made its reputation by breaking taboos, Spain's instinct for sensationalism - never have a smooth bust when you can have erect nipples - also perfectly match the pulp, exploitation origins of "Nightmare Alley." Drawing as he always has, with thick, black lines, Spain's technique graphically represents the dark tones of the work. Sailor Martin, the nasty tattooed man, doesn't have eyes, just two black slashes under a jutting brow...
...Greek warrior, Kinesias, is referred to as “Penis” and speaks directly to his erect phallus...