Begin forwarded message:
From: "Steven J. Davidson" <davidson@pobox.com>
Date: April 27, 2009 12:07:04 AM EDT
To: David Farber <dave@farber.net>
Subject: How False Rumors Can Cost Lives
I have said that spreading false rumors in time of epidemic costs lives. People have asked me how.
[snip]
Now consider our own universe again. We are facing a flu outbreak. It seems most likely that it started at an overcrowded pig farm in Veracruz. I estimate it has about a 40% chance of going pandemic, a 59% chance of fizzling like SARS, and a 1% chance of something else entirely. It’s in a critical stage right now; in the next month or so, it could go either way. [snip]
http://canonical.org/~kragen/costs-lives.html
Regards to you and your list. /Steve
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Steven J. Davidson, MD, MBA, FACEP, FACPE
Chairman, Department of Emergency Medicine
Maimonides Medical Center, 4802 10th Ave
Brooklyn, NY 11219-2916
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