From: Keith Henson (hkhenson@rogers.com)
Date: Wed 09 Apr 2003 - 01:28:08 GMT
Meme spread by mathematical models that look exactly like epidemics. We
have a potential pandemic (world wide epidemic) going right now. I thought
you might be interested in the shape of the curve to date.
http://squeak.org/us/ted/sars-graph.html
Of course there are many memes associated with this business, including
those which spread panic among the population. We have already seen
massive disruptions of the travel industry.
I hope not, but this could be a year where the war in Iraq is a relatively
minor footnote.
Keith Henson
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