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...Where did SARS come from?The outbreak seems to center around China's Guangdong Province, near Hong Kong. From an epidemiological standpoint, no one knows where SARS comes from, where it began, or how its first victim became infected...
Despite their promising nature, the accords were followed by eruptions of violence in both areas that culminated in the collapse of the Camp David summit in 2000 and the outbreak of the Intifada shortly thereafter...
...obsessive swabbing won't help if your flat is a viral highway. The government announced Thursday that the Amoy Gardens outbreak, which infected 321 residents, was due in part to a faulty plumbing system. Virus-infected sewage droplets were sucked up through dry U-pipes that lead to residents' bathrooms, contaminating their apartments. The lesson? Always make sure your U-pipes are filled with water?and pour some of that bleach solution in there for good measure...
...persevere in a city the World Health Organization (WHO) has deemed unsafe for nonessential visits. Even the Stones, grizzled human petri dishes that they are, were frightened away by the very environment you call home. At the moment, despite the Health Department's explanation of the Amoy Gardens outbreak, the WHO shows no signs of lifting its travel advisory. But even as we mope along with our swabs and bleach solutions and top-off our U-pipes, a flicker of hope appears in the daily infection numbers we regard like a cabalistic talisman. Last Friday marked the first time Hong...
...Assignment: The SARS Outbreak...