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Speculation on SARS Origins

Posted by michael on Saturday December 20, 2003 @05:37AM from the wmd dept.

JediJeremy writes "Nature has this article on the possibility that the SARS virus is a cross between mammal and bird viruses. The article does go on to say that this is totally speculation and that a mammal virus could have mutated. But it raises some interesting points, such as a possible new bio-terror weapon."

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WMD by Anonymous Coward · 2003-12-20 05:45 · Score: -1, Offtopic

So the WMD is found?
why? by Anonymous Coward · 2003-12-20 05:46 · Score: -1, Offtopic

is it that /. is full of the geekiest fuckers on the planet. But science.slashdot.org never gets posts for shit.

C'mon you geeky fucks.. quit bitching about SCO posts and saying how great gentoo is.
Re:Come on! its the chinese! by Frac · 2003-12-20 06:35 · Score: 0, Offtopic

We should begin with banning all flights from China and Hong Kong. THAT oughtta fix it.

We thought about quarantining Canada too, but then again, we need your hockey players (but your country doesn't have much use besides that).

Those icky people eat snakes and cats, and it were the poor kittens in cages where SARS started out from.

Right. And plenty of North Americans eat cows and chickens. What exactly is your point? I'm sure vegeterians find you "icky" too for eating meat. There's nothing inherently "different" in the meat in snakes and cat - but your close-mindedness simply believes so.
New bio-terror weapon by Anonymous Coward · 2003-12-20 06:40 · Score: -1, Offtopic

KFC
Slashdot personals? by Anonymous Coward · 2003-12-20 07:53 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Why do they even bother making the "M seeking F" a pulldown menu? Just curious.