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The best news of all is that apparently it's turned up in Toronto again (or it's suspected, anyhow). The weirdest thing about this new emergence is that it's well after the incubation period of 20 days since the last known case, and there were no obvious connections/lineage discovered as of yet. Great. Just great.

― Sean Carruthers (SeanC), Friday, 23 May 2003 16:32 (twenty years ago) link

Well Hstencil doesn't add is that the REASON the civet SARS virus tranferred to humans was because, in China, they raise civets TO EAT THEM

THEY GOT THE DISEASE BECAUSE THEY WERE EATING KITTENS DO YOU SEE?

GOD IS A TWEE BASTARD

― Millar (Millar), Friday, 23 May 2003 17:33 (twenty years ago) link

Well there up to five and they think they found the link. Another hospital transmission. The problem at the moment is the one who they think is the source already had it and recouvered.

― Mr Noodles (Mr Noodles), Friday, 23 May 2003 18:14 (twenty years ago) link

Has nothing to do with kittens. Everybody knows it was some guy who had sex with a gay green monkey in Haiti.

― Kenan Hebert (kenan), Friday, 23 May 2003 18:19 (twenty years ago) link

Tracer, from the UK that doesn't sound such a weird name. Probably Sri Lankan, or just maybe very south Indian.

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Friday, 23 May 2003 18:24 (twenty years ago) link

Aren't they closer to ferrets then kittens?

― Mr Noodles (Mr Noodles), Friday, 23 May 2003 18:27 (twenty years ago) link

They are cats! Does it matter? Somebody find a picture!

― Millar (Millar), Friday, 23 May 2003 18:36 (twenty years ago) link

http://www.drudgereport.com/civet.jpg

― gygax! (gygax!), Friday, 23 May 2003 18:40 (twenty years ago) link

SARS - mysterious lethal disease whose appearance is attributed to a virus spontaneously "jumping" from one species to another

AIDS - mysterious lethal disease whose appearance is attributed to a virus spontaneously "jumping" from one species to another

I need to not be so paranoid.

― conspiracy theoristalicious (nickalicious), Friday, 23 May 2003 18:44 (twenty years ago) link

From factmonster.com: "Civets are not true cats, but the civet family is related to the cat family (Felidae)."

― j.lu (j.lu), Friday, 23 May 2003 18:46 (twenty years ago) link

http://www.seasite.niu.edu/lao/gallery/people_lao/woman_civet_cat.jpg

― Millar (Millar), Friday, 23 May 2003 18:46 (twenty years ago) link

http://www.thestar.ca/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1052251640626&call_pageid=968332188492&col=968793972154

― Mr Noodles (Mr Noodles), Friday, 23 May 2003 18:48 (twenty years ago) link

Glad to see the old prejudices sitll going strong.

― Mary (Mary), Friday, 23 May 2003 19:33 (twenty years ago) link

What 'prejudice?' They eat cats and that's how the experts are thinking the disease was transmitted, from raising the animals and handling the meat. Whether they should or shouldn't eat civets isn't my business, true, but the facts are the facts, is all I'm saying.

I for one am massively impressed by the way knowledge and research data about this disease has travelled through the international medical community. I think the way this has been handled by the WHO etc. is nothing short of amazing, really. Look at where we years ago with regard to similar new illnesses. Like Wow.

― Millar (Millar), Friday, 23 May 2003 19:39 (twenty years ago) link

Im still a bit piss about the travel advisory.

― Mr Noodles (Mr Noodles), Friday, 23 May 2003 19:43 (twenty years ago) link

It's the gleeful dissmenination of the 'facts' that is distasteful.

― Mary (Mary), Friday, 23 May 2003 22:45 (twenty years ago) link

oh, okay

― Millar (Millar), Friday, 23 May 2003 22:49 (twenty years ago) link

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