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...more than just the threat of force, more than just bullying friends and clobbering foes. Indeed, the greatest threats today involve a new kind of power that is neither hard (military) nor soft (economic and cultural) but viral. These new threats attack the global community insidiously. Terrorism is one virus, obviously; but there are also crime syndicates, environmental problems and businesses that operate beyond the reach of international law (not to forget actual viruses like SARS and AIDS). In an age of viral power, Democrats might argue, the U.S. has to be more than a hammer looking for nails...
...more than 2,400 cases, of which more than 140 have died. Maintaining Shanghai's SARS-free reputation has become an all-encompassing obsession for this proud city. After all, an innate superiority complex makes it easy for many Shanghainese to believe their city will somehow evade the virus. A massive publicity campaign on SARS-prevention measures has helped, too, successfully quelling the large-scale panic striking many other Chinese cities. Restaurants may not be packed as usual, but life swings on in Shanghai...
...health. "My stocks are going up because Shanghai has escaped SARS," says Xie Lingzhen, as he scans the stock ticker at a local retail brokerage. "Other places in the world have been affected, but our future will continue brightly." To show just how serious Shanghai is about keeping the virus at bay, the municipal government earlier this month mandated a limited quarantine on anyone coming from a SARS-infected area?a policy that runs counter to Premier Wen Jiabao's vow last month not to implement any extreme quarantine measures. But Shanghai's quarantine policy has not been rigorously enforced...
...Scientists may be closing the gap, though. Last week German scientists reported that an experimental cold-fighting drug might be able to stop the virus from replicating inside infected cells. Earlier in Hong Kong and mainland China, renowned AIDS researcher Dr. David Ho announced that a modified HIV treatment had the potential to block the virus from infecting human cells in the first place. Although both treatments are still unproven, they show that the SARS coronavirus is vulnerable?and that tapping its genome will eventually reveal its weakest strand. ?The interesting part is the fact that you can go from...
...Virus Spreads...