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[pommy] 21/4/2003 20:57

I believe what Gausie really wants to say is that Pursuit Dynamics are devloping something to clear the world of SARS( and AIDS too) in the next 72 hours!!


:-))

I cant believe he has held back as this is the first post he has made for 12 months that havent mentioned PDX!!! ;-)

[gausie] 21/4/2003 20:33

divina

The cheap drugs are sold in pharmacies. The expensive drugs are prescribed in hospitals - and they're being closed and quarantined worldwide. My view is that some of the bios may be worth a punt - cos they're the ones more likely to come up with a cure. And if it's the elderly and infirm that get hit the hardest by SARS then the market for the mainstream pharmas will drop dramatically.

GSK, AZN and Bayer will come out of this all the weaker.

[divina] 21/4/2003 19:46

The Pharms
will benefit. In China people are clearing flu medicines off the shelf

[a.fewbob] 21/4/2003 12:35

A blood sucker I may be, a mosquito I am not!

[theape] 21/4/2003 12:29

If you are a mosquito, then you should probably have a check up just in case.

[a.fewbob] 21/4/2003 12:26

Can mosquitos spread this virus?

[theape] 21/4/2003 12:05

we are going to get a bush style tax cut from this.

the nursing homes and hospitals will be emptied of geriatrics.

lower taxes for care and drugs.

plus a one off shot into the arm for consumer spending from a surge in inheritances, and inheritance tax will solve gordos problems.

let the good times roll.

(only partly tongue in cheek).

[maywillow] 21/4/2003 10:34

BEIJING (AFX-ASIA) - Oil and petrochemical multinationals Royal Dutch/Shell
Group, Exxon Mobil Corp and BASF AG said their multi-billion-dollar projects in
China are running almost normally despite significant travel restrictions
imposed in the wake of the spread of the SARS virus in China.
All three groups have several joint venture projects that are either
operational, under construction or under discussion with Chinese oil giants such
as PetroChina Ltd, China National Offshore Oil Corp and China Petroleum and
Chemical Corp (Sinopec).
"All of our projects in China are operating normally, there have been no
disruptions in our business activities," Li Lusha, a public affairs official
with Shell in Beijing said.
Du Yanhua, a marketing and communications official with Exxon Mobil in
Beijing said none of the group's China projects, including plans for more retail
joint ventures, have been affected by the outbreak of the disease which has now
killed 86 people in China and infected 1,959, according to the latest World
Health Organisation figures.
Shell and Exxon Mobil are the two main foreign partners in PetroChina Ltd's
planned 5.6 bln usd west-east pipeline which will transport natural gas 3,900 km
across China.
They are in final talks with PetroChina over commercial contracts for the
project, which mainland media have said will be signed in June.
Li said talks are going on as normal, but would not comment on when the deal
will be signed.
Shell has cancelled non-essential trips to Beijing, southern China, Hong
Kong and other destinations the World Health Organization has issued travel
warnings about.
But Li said, "I do not expect SARS will have any major negative impact on
our planned joint venture projects as we can still keep in touch with our
Chinese partners either through the internet or through teleconferencing and
videoconferencing."
Irene Gu, an official with German chemical giant BASF AG in Shanghai said
there have been no disruptions to its joint venture projects in China, including
the 2.9 bln usd petrochemical project with Sinopec Yangzi Petrochemical Co Ltd
which is currently under construction in Nanjing.
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[hyper al] 21/4/2003 10:31

Well I have always thought that WHO should have placed a ban on all travel from countries with SARS.

The fact is that we have a new disease which is deadly and can easly mutate like the common cold and hence will be almost impossible to control.

It's going to get a lot worse, and it is out of control.

:(

[8para] 20/4/2003 21:19

Thats what peeps get for messing around with monkeys

[divina] 20/4/2003 20:55

The whole world will benefit
as less people will be using up Oxygen

[elmfield] 20/4/2003 20:04

dtk:
in singapore 2400 people put on ten day quarantine.
all had been at pasir panjong market. afx 15.49.
canada to follow with electronic tagging???
these tags could save a lot of lives.

[banshee] 20/4/2003 18:57

That would be a novel use of the futures market indeed.

[eurofox] 20/4/2003 18:42

pension funds might benefit from shorted lives

[banshee] 20/4/2003 18:30

Virtually nobody is the answer, the question of who will lose from it is far more germane, and I dont mean just in market terms, though undoubtably its impact there too could be severe.

[divina] 20/4/2003 17:04

SINGAPORE (AFX-ASIA) - More than 2,400 people who could have been exposed to
the SARS virus at the Pasir Panjang Wholesale Market here have been put under a
10-day quarantine, the government said.
The wholesale market, which supplies at least 70 pct of Singapore's
vegetables needs, was shut down yesterday after a man working there was
diagnosed with SARS.
"MOH (Ministry of Health) has now imposed a 10-day quarantine on all those
who have worked or conducted business at Pasir Panjang wholesale vegetable
market between April 5 and April 19," Minister for National Development Mah Bow
Tan said at a news briefing today.

[xenawarriorprincess] 20/4/2003 16:50

DTK, maybe?