I heard today on NPR that China is finally admitting to having more than 1000 confirmed SARS cases. Apparently somewhere near Beijing they are building a new 1000 bed hospital from scratch. The physical structure was built in 5 days! They are bringing in 350 military doctors to man the facility. Can anyone say quarantine? It's good that they are finally owning up to the magnitude of the problem, but it's frightening that they are responding with the old Soviet SanEp style mechanisms. The reporter said the effort is complete with banners and motivational sloganeering. Amazing.
Posted by cbrown at April 28, 2003 9:42 PM