SARS from outer space
The SARS virus may have come from outer space, according to a UK academic. Professor Chandra Wickramasinghe, of the Cardiff Centre for Astrobiology, believes that huge amounts of micro-organisms land on earth every day, including a tonne of bacteria. In a letter to The Lancet medical journal, he and his colleagues argue that a strong case can be made for SARS being one of the many illnesses from outer space – including the influenza pandemic of 1917-19. Prof Wickramasinghe says the subsequent course of the virus’s progress will “depend on stratospheric transport and mixing”.
(The Guardian 23/05/03; p.13)
Bull shit? oder is da was dran? Wer hat schon mal sowas gehört?