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VIETNAM Decks containing only the ace of spades were passed out to U.S. troops. They would display a card on their helmets to scare away the Viet Cong, who were thought to be superstitious about the card because fortune tellers considered it a harbinger of suffering and death. In this year's Iraqi deck, the ace of spades is--who else? Saddam Hussein...
...when it promises to treat them for free. With little cash or access to affordable conventional medicines, some have resorted to ancient remedies. Villagers living near the city of Xizhou, one of the poorest areas of SARS-hit Shanxi province, spent the night of May 6 lighting firecrackers to scare the disease away. Days later, the Worker's Daily criticized the practice, saying "the spread of superstition is another type of epidemic" that will "disturb and injure the people." What's really injuring rural people, though, is the lack of an adequate health system to care for them...
...Issue Past Issues Inside The Matrix May 12, 2003 ----------------- China: SARS Nation May 5, 2003 ----------------- Asian Heroes Apr. 28, 2003 ----------------- Fall of Saddam Apr. 21, 2003 ----------------- Saddam's Last Stand Apr. 14, 2003 ----------------- The SARS Scare Apr. 7, 2003 ----------------- Gulf War II Mar. 31, 2003 ----------------- Asia and Iraq...
...shove Hu aside if the government fails to contain the epidemic and China's economy stumbles. There's little cause for optimism on either count. Citigroup economists have lowered the projected growth rate of China's economy this year from 7.6% to 6.5% as a result of the SARS scare. Meanwhile, the virus is picking up steam in the impoverished hinterlands, where public awareness of the risks of SARS is limited and hospitals lack the resources to treat an outbreak. In Shanxi province, just southwest of Beijing, eight patients have died, and overcrowded hospitals are turning patients away. Locals have...
...Issue Past Issues China: SARS Nation May 5, 2003 ----------------- Asian Heroes Apr. 28, 2003 ----------------- Fall of Saddam Apr. 21, 2003 ----------------- Saddam's Last Stand Apr. 14, 2003 ----------------- The SARS Scare Apr. 7, 2003 ----------------- Gulf War II Mar. 31, 2003 ----------------- Asia and Iraq Mar. 24, 2003 ----------------- Bound for Baghdad Mar. 17, 2003 ----------------- Islam in Asia Mar. 10, 2003 ----------------- Jay Chou Mar. 3, 2003 ----------------- North Korea's Nukes...