10/21   Given that something like 30000 people die in the US from flu each
        year, this Chiron flu vaccine screwup could end up costing more lives
        than 911 or the SARS epidemic.
        http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/21/nyregion/21vaccine.html
        \_ Yes, and with less John Edwardsian trial lawyers around and the
                         \_ fewer
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4/5     We know where the Spanish Flu (Spain) and SARS (China) originate from.
        What about Mad Cow Disease, where did it spread from?
        \_ England.
           \_ Did it originate from scrapie in sheep?
              \_ Yep. MCD was caused by feeding scarpie-infected sheep to
                 cows for protein. Oddly enough, cows with MCD can be fed to
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10/7    Genetic susceptibility for SARS found:
        http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99994226
        \_ The only problem is the many Canadians who fell ill,
           and the doctor (Italian?) in Vietnam.
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5/26    SARS is from Space:  http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/2931246.stm
        \_ 'the Sars coronavirus is so unlike other viruses that an
            extra- terrestrial origin is logical.' Uh, yeah and it just
            happened to "like" humans. What luck.
            \_ It's like Babylon 5 where they tailored a virus to humans.
               Obviously they've been watching I Love Lucy re-runs and
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