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My Dinner Impacted by SARS Hi everyone! It's been interesting to be reading this blog since I'm crazy about China and want to travel there someday. SARS situation is very unique, it shows the full power of media. Here in Moscow, Russia, SARS coverage has been pretty good for a month or so, but today it started to be sensationalist. The front pages of all the news web sites display info on the disinfections of subways, trains and planes in Moscow that have just begun. There is talk of closing all communication links to China and other crazy stuff... And this is despite the fact that there is not a single case (suspected or confirmed) of SARS in the whole country of Russia as of today!!! Of course, Moscow's worries are not unfounded. If SARS spread here, it would be a disaster considering our collapsed medical system. I am currently studying at Moscow State University and we have a lot of Chinese here (probably more than a thousand). This gets me thinking, if Moscow gets SARS, it will be right here near me. I am not scared of this disease a little bit, just pondering how this city (and our university finals in June :-)) is going to change if we get it... It might get interesting... |