Ok Shortly lets take your reply a piece at a time.
1)"What a load of scaremongering cobblers. You 'luvvies' wrote all the lead articles surrounding SARS, I take it."
Scaremongering; somebody who deliberately spreads alarming rumours. Fact; these rumours have led the Environment Secretary to negotiations with Guangzhou over pollution controls.
Luvvies hmm seem to overuse this word a bit sunshine are you climbing out of a closet perhaps?
2) Don't forget to scare them away with bird related viruses and other exaggerated frightening things.
Fact; Bird viruses are jumping the species barrier to infect humans. Use search engine and confirm cases in HK, China, Vietnam, Malaysia, and Vietnam. The only other exaggerated frightening thing is your inability to see the obvious!
3) I am sitting in my lounge room on another beautiful winters day clear skies with a hint of cloud, very agreeable winter temerature and a mug of hot coffee in hand. Fact; Beautiful clear skies here is visibility 2 to 3 km from Central with brown grey smog hiding Lantau. Were you not having coffee in Starbucks looking at the holiday magazines?
4) What’s the go here, you worried about losing your jobs or something? If Hong Kong is such a drain on your lives why are you still here?
Interesting use of English here, “are you worried about losing your jobs?” followed by “why are you still here?” If you read most of the posts around yours most have left or are leaving, I would cut back on the medication matey!
5) By the way I repeat my family has had no Hong Kong health related problems in twelve odd years. On the contrary, asthma picked up in Oz before coming diminished greatly here and medications halved. Doc thinks its the humidity. Hong Kong siuts me but doesn't suit the luvvies obviously
They must have been 12 odd years for your family living with the man with wrap round rose tinted spectacles. Asthma does improve with humidity for some but it depends on the trigger, pollens or air borne particles. Asthma is not triggered by a single source but hey Shortly you know that. Hong Kong does suit you, have look round you and see if you can work out why I would agree with that statement!
Luvvie again, grrr! Ok Coco; don’t forget the red nose and be careful with those big shoes driving to work.
Omark 44 wrote; I think we might all help ourselves by remembering that over 34,000 people die each year in the US from, what is known as, \'Common \'flue\'! SARS, on the other hand, had a hard job to come even close.
Ah the \'common flue\' I never knew that it killed 34,000 a year in the US? Maybe people in the US should look after their \'flue\' a bit better and stop putting strange objects in there i.e. it should not be used for meat storage. Get a doctor to inspect every couple of years. The following advice should help:-
Byline: Dwight Barnett Scripps Howard News Service Q: We own a home in the Northeast and use about 2,000 gallons of heating oil per year. How often should we have our flue cleaned and why? A: You should have your chimney or flue liner cleaned and inspected before each heating season.