03-19-2003, 08:55 PM
>This current killer pneumonia has two of the three
>qualities required for a pandemic civilization-ending
>plague. It's airborne and highly contagious (well that's
>my impression based on the admittedly little news I've
>seen about this) and it't incurable.
Are we talking that one that people got from Asia recently? If so, I heared on thr radio today that it was not at all contagious easilly. Those that hd got ill, had either been hospital workers or people living in families and thus comming on close contact with people allready ill.
>qualities required for a pandemic civilization-ending
>plague. It's airborne and highly contagious (well that's
>my impression based on the admittedly little news I've
>seen about this) and it't incurable.
Are we talking that one that people got from Asia recently? If so, I heared on thr radio today that it was not at all contagious easilly. Those that hd got ill, had either been hospital workers or people living in families and thus comming on close contact with people allready ill.
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