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In the ongoing fight to control the spread of
severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), the Chinese government is warning
citizens against complacency to the virus. Chinese newspapers have reported that
infections from the virus are dropping, but the situation is far from resolved
with China still having thousands of people quarantined and a death toll of
about 235. The World Health Organization is also being vocal about SARS data
coming out of China, which they say is incomplete, fails to show an accurate
picture of how the virus is spreading through the country, and how different
people are responding to the virus.
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"A foolish faith in authority is the worst enemy of truth."
-- Albert Einstein, letter to a friend, 1901
"I know of no safe depository of the ultimate powers of the society but the people themselves, and if we think them not enlightened enough to exercise control with a wholesome discretion, the remedy is not to take it from them, but to inform their discretion by education."
-- Thomas Jefferson, letter to William C. Jarvis, September 28, 1820
"What's the point of vaccination if it doesn't protect you from the unvaccinated?"
-- Sandy Gottstein
"Who gets to decide what the greater good is and how many will be sacrificed to it?"