### POV: This may have been noted...........>

US TSYS: ### POV: This may have been noted elsewhere, but with World Health Org

expected news conf at 1330ET today re: corona virus outbreak, how did things

transpire back in 2002-2003 with Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)

outbreak? According to the CDC:

* Nov 2002: First case of atypical pneumonia reported in Guangdong province,

China. Four moths later:

* Mar 2003: WHO issues global alert for severe form of pneumonia of unknown

origin in persons from China, Vietnam, and Hong Kong. Soon after CDC activated

its Emergency Operations Center (EOC).

* By the end of 2003: Globally, WHO "received reports of SARS from 29 countries

and regions; 8,096 persons with probable SARS resulting in 774 deaths. In the

United States, eight SARS infections were documented by laboratory testing and

an additional 19 probable SARS infections were reported."

- By most accts (or all professional epidemiological accts at least) current

corona virus worse in it's virulence, mortality rate and ability to spread. If

WHO is a supervisory body w/no authority to compel what are they waiting for?