Berkeley CSUA MOTD:Entry 28557
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2003/5/26 [Health/Disease/General] UID:28557 Activity:nil
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
               recognize our tremendous potential and fear us so this is
               the alien pre-emptive strike.
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news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/2931246.stm
In a letter to The Lancet, the scientists, led by Professor Chandra Wickramasinghe of Britain's Cardiff University, say the Sars coronavirus is so unlike other viruses that an extra-terrestrial origin is logical. Sars virus The theory has been met with ridicule and disbelief by some However, a number of Sars experts believe the theory itself seems to have come from another planet. The idea that Sars comes from the stars relates to a theory called panspermia. This says that life itself evolved somewhere out in the cosmos, and is carried from one planet to another on comets. Professor Wickramasinghe, who is a leading panspermia enthusiast, says the Sars coronavirus is so unusual that it could not have arisen on Earth. In other words, the virus evolved somewhere else, perhaps on another planet, before coming to Earth. Professor Wickramasinghe admits there is no hard evidence for his theory; There is nothing strange about the Sars coronavirus, they said; One leading expert said Professor Wickramasinghe's letter "must be a joke"; And a spokesman for the World Health Organization re-assured me that they had no plans to send Sars inspection teams into outer space just yet.