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How To Make A Virus.(severe acute respiratory syndrome)

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| April 21, 2003 | Schafer, Sarah; Guterl, Fred; Mooney, Paul; Seno, Alexandra A; Kuchment, Anna | COPYRIGHT 2003 Newsweek, Inc. All rights reserved. Any reuse, distribution or alteration without express written permission of Newsweek is prohibited. For permission: www.newsweek.com. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

It's time to feed the pigs. a Chinese farmhand goes pen to pen filling troughs with slop--a gray, foul-odored amalgam of unidentifiable garbage purchased from restaurants in nearby Guangzhou. The pigs squeal with delight and tuck into their midmorning snacks. There's a lot of squawking going on, too. Chickens, which also have free run of the farm, crowd the troughs for their share of the feast. Unfinished morsels from last night's meal, including clamshells and other seafood leftovers, still litter the ground. Amid all the ruckus, a young boy squats over a basin of water, washing cabbage leaves. A second course for the animals? "No, this is people food," he says--lunch for ...

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