[meteorite-list] Get rid of all your meteorites before it's too late!

From: Ron Baalke <baalke_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:22:35 2004
Message-ID: <200306092221.PAA09484_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>

>
> Well, the theory about viruses from comets is not new, it
> just appears time to time, and seems, itīs time for it now
> again...;-
>

Also, in regards to SARS, they've already linked the source to mammals
in China.

Ron Baalke

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SARS linked to 3 mammals in China

Civet cat, a weasel-like animal, is considered a culinary delicacy

HELEN LUK
ASSOCIATED PRESS
March 23, 2003

GENEVA (AP-CP) - The World Health Organization has traced the SARS virus
to the civet cat and two other small mammals in China, and researchers are
investigating a possible link between the animals and the SARS outbreak in
humans, an official said today.

Researchers from the University of Hong Kong examined 25 animals representing
eight species in a live animal market in southern China and found
the virus in all six masked palm civets they sampled, as well as in a badger and a
raccoon dog.

He added that a recent study from Guangdong province in southern China, where
the SARS outbreak first emerged in November, indicated that more than 30 per
cent of the early SARS cases there were food handlers.

"This is corroborative evidence that there make be a link between the wildlife
and the emergence of SARS."

The Hong Kong researchers said people could have been infected while raising,
slaughtering or cooking the animals and that eating fully cooked meat was
probably safe.

Civet cats are nocturnal animals related to the mongoose, with long tails and
catlike bodies. They resemble small raccoons or weasels.
Received on Mon 09 Jun 2003 06:21:43 PM PDT