[Rhodes22-list] SARS Update

[brad haslett]

We postponed our annual trip to China for obvious
reasons.  I fed Fan daily with more bad news but her
parents in China followed the party line (read the
newspapers) until it was too overwhelming to ignore. 
Then the truth came out. Now, Beijing has a 911 type
phone number, 120, that you can call if you have SARS
symptoms and need transportation to a treatment
center.  During Fan's last weekly phone conversation
with her sister and parents the following story was
told. My sister-in-law has a three year old daughter
who is about the sharpest kid I ever met (smarter than
my own). She ran a slight fever a few days ago and her
parents and grand-parents were quite alarmed.  This is
how the conversation went (paraphrased from Mandarin
to English).

Ran Ran, do you feel bad?

No, I feel fine.

But you have a temperature, does your head hurt?

No, I feel fine.

Does your stomach hurt?

No, Mom, I feel fine!

You don't hurt anywhere?

No, I feel fine!  Whatever you do, don't call 120!

We think we'll stay here until the dust settles on
this issue.

Brad 

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