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shemp
15th May 2003, 05:40 AM
http://abcnews.go.com/wire/US/reuters20030515_73.html

BEIJING (Reuters) - China, haunted by the possibility of SARS rampaging through its vast countryside, has threatened to execute or jail for life anyone who intentionally spreads the killer virus.

Define "intentionally."

Do you get the feeling this might be used as an excuse to kill anyone with SARS to try to prevent its spread? It's certainly quicker and cheaper than trying to cure it.

Nie Trink Wasser
15th May 2003, 05:44 AM
if this perpetuates, make sure it stays in the news

arcticpenguin
15th May 2003, 09:16 AM
Has anyone read Erewhon, by Samuel Butler, in which illness and ugliness are crimes?