Remember a few months ago when a bunch of "healthy" kids got sick and died suddenly? Is anyone else thinking the same thing Spice 'n Slice is? This bug is already here.
Dr. Thomas Tsang, the controller of the Hong Kong government’s Center for Health Protection has yet to adequately explain those cases. In one case the flu was so severe a boy showed minor symptoms before a flight and then died en rout.
We wonder upon what grounds the NYT based the following:
"One legacy of SARS is that Hong Kong may now be better prepared for a flu pandemic than practically anywhere else in the world. Fearing that SARS might recur each winter, the city embarked on a building program to enlarge its capacity to isolate and treat those infected with communicable respiratory diseases.
The city has also expanded its flu research labs, already among the best in the world and leaders in tracking the H5N1 avian flu virus. The so-called bird flu virus, which kills an unusually high share of its victims, has periodically triggered fears over the past decade about a possible pandemic. It is different, though, from the H1N1 swine flu virus now causing illnesses in Mexico and the United States."
The NYT should know that in SAR as well as China you have to take what any government official says, Dr. or not, with a heavy pinch of salt. If our labs are so good why don't we know what killed those kids? We think swine flu is already here (and has been for some time now) and they are trying to avoid panic.....
From the NYT
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