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2003-05-05 East Asia

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Posted by Steve 2003-05-05 08:00 am|| || Front Page|| [7 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Sounds like it might have been CO poisoning, since they were still at their posts...

Posted by Fred 2003-05-05 08:10:14|| 2003-05-05 08:10:14|| Front Page Top

#2 Anyone else surprised we are even reading about this?

Posted by Jon 2003-05-05 14:56:27|| 2003-05-05 14:56:27|| Front Page Top

#3 Yes, it is surprising, for China. But these are unusual times. My question is, "could SARS bring down a government?" Beijing is locked down and that whole country has gotta be scared (the ones that know). I sure hope our CIA has a better handle here than it had in E.Europe.

Posted by Anonymous 2003-05-05 15:21:04|| 2003-05-05 15:21:04|| Front Page Top

#4 I wonder how much SARS deaths and infections are underreported by the ChiComs? 4:1, 10:1? I wonder if this is a viral equivalent to Chernobyl.... Not getting a handle on the epidemic in the beginning and lying to their people and the world hits home when one's friends and relatives are sick and dying.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2003-05-05 15:54:53|| 2003-05-05 15:54:53|| Front Page Top

#5 Strategypage.com has a good overview of what could go wrong on a Ming class boat. They think that the crew may have left the diesels running when after diving and used up all of the oxygen.

Posted by JAB 2003-05-05 16:14:38|| 2003-05-05 16:14:38|| Front Page Top

#6 AP, I think that even China could not come up with accurate numbers if it spreads to the countryside.

Posted by Jon 2003-05-05 17:20:45|| 2003-05-05 17:20:45|| Front Page Top

#7 Sorry AP, that was me with the 1st SARS post (I spaced off the moniker - I'm sure you're thrilled. Also had to go to work. I wish the real world would just stop bothering me!)

You're absolutely right. It's got to be WAAAY underreported. That's probably why they showed a little leg with the sub mess. ("See, we're an open society.") This is much bigger than Chernobyl, and Chernobyl did not shut down Moscow.
But it's a great analogy. And I've wondered how much screwups like Chernobyl hastened the demise of the USSR.

Posted by Scott 2003-05-05 17:44:04|| 2003-05-05 17:44:04|| Front Page Top

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