Part 3

From an Australian Broadcasting Corporation TV news bulletin dated December 8^th, 1995:

Australian Liberal Party leader John Howard today reiterated his controversial demand for the expulsion of all foreign refugees from Australia. This comes as the worldwide death count from the current HRV epidemic affecting this country along with southeast Asia, South Korea, Japan, and the United States threatens to reach 280…

From the December 10^th, 1995 Seattle Post-Intelligencer, page 3:

CDC WARNS HRV EPIDEMIC DEATH TOLL COULD HIT 300 MARK IN NEXT 14-21 DAYS

From the December 11^th, 1995 broadcast of CBC News at Six(Canada):

Prime Minister Jean Chretien will make a televised speech to the nation tomorrow at noon to report on the progress of federal efforts to safeguard Canada against the HRV epidemic….

From a National Football League press release dated December 13^th, 1995:

From the December 16^th, 1995 Arizona Republic, front page:

SENATOR MCCAIN TO DEBRIEF PRESIDENT CLINTON ON KINGMAN HRV OUTBREAK

State health officials concerned Phoenix,

Tucson may experience similar outbreaks

From the December 18^th, 1995 Los Angeles Times, page 2:

HOLLYWOOD CHRISTMAS PARADE INDEFINITELY POSTPONED

Organizers cite HRV crisis as main factor in their decision

From the December 21^st, 1995 broadcast of BBC’s 9 O’Clock News:

Australia is in a state of panic tonight following unconfirmed accounts claiming that the HRV virus has started to spread beyond the refugee camp where the first outbreak of the disease on Australian soil was recorded back in October. The HRV virus, also known as "the Haiphong virus", is believed to have originated in Vietnam and has killed nearly 300 people to date....

From the December 22^nd, 1995 International Herald Tribune:

AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT DISPUTES CLAIMS HRV HAS SPREAD BEYOND REFUGEE CAMP

From the December 24^th, 1995 Hartford Courant, page 2:

Infectious disease specialists at UConn Medical School are warning that if the HRV epidemic currently plaguing Australia, southeast Asia, South Korea, Japan, and parts of California and Arizona continues or accelerates its present rate of infection, outbreaks of the virus on the East Coast could begin occurring within six months....

From the December 27^th, 1995 New York Times, front page:

From the January 3^rd, 1996 broadcast of CBC News at Six:

There seems to be no end in sight for the Haiphong virus epidemic, which to date has killed 324 people worldwide and infected thousands of others, and doctors are baffled as the lethal respiratory disease continues to resist all efforts at finding a cure. The latest chapter in this grim medical crisis is being played out in North Korea, where at this hour the Communist regime in Pyongyang is vehemently denying claims that an outbreak of the virus has happened in a small village just north of the Demilitarized Zone along the 38^th parallel....

From the January 4^th, 1996 San Francisco Chronicle, front page:

CALIF. HIGHWAY PATROL TO ASSIST IN ENFORCING SAN JOSE

QUARANTINE

SOUTH KOREAN INTELLIGENCE OFFICIALS SAY NEW EVIDENCE FOUND

OF HRV OUTBREAK IN NORTH KOREA

Kim Jong-Il denies any cases of virus in his country

From the January 8^th, 1996 broadcast of Good Morning America:

In Jakarta, a demonstration held to protest the Suharto government’s handling of HRV outbreaks in Indonesia turned into a massacre last night as police opened fire on the demonstrators, killing 28 and wounding 117. Closer to home, the Dow Jones Industrial Average continues to drop as new cases of the deadly respiratory disease have been confirmed in California and Arizona; President Clinton is set to make a televised address later tonight to outline the measures being taken by his administration to halt the spread of the virus....

From the January 10^th, 1996 Times of India, front page:

WORLDWIDE DEATH TOLL IN HRV EPIDEMIC NOW UP TO 339

Government Says Borders With Bangladesh And Burma Will Remain

Sealed Until Further Notice

Man Shot Trying To Escape Calcutta Quarantine Zone

From the January 13^th, 1996 broadcast of BBC’s 9 O’Clock News:

With over 350 people already dead from the Haiphong respiratory virus and hundreds more deaths from the virus expected to occur in the next few months, the news that a second and hardier strain of HRV may be starting to manifest itself is being greeted with alarm by infectious disease specialists worldwide. This second strain, identified a few days ago by doctors at a Tokyo hospital, has a higher survivability than the original type of HRV and is easier to spread...

From the January 17^th, 1996 broadcast of NBC Nightly News With Tom Brokaw:

The spread of the Haiphong respiratory virus, also known as HRV or simply "the Haiphong virus", has doctors from every corner of the world gathering in Stockholm tonight for a medical summit to brainstorm what the participants hope will be an effective strategy for combating the dissemination of this exceptionally lethal disease. Stopping the virus is also a major concern for all the presidential candidates; Republican candidate Bob Dole, speaking to Iowa voters at a GOP rally in Sioux Falls this afternoon, pledged that in a Dole Administration finding a cure for HRV would be the federal government’s top medical priority....

From the January 19^th, 1996 Boston Herald, page 2:

HRV NOW TWICE THE PROBLEM

Harvard immunologists say HRV Type 2 could push worldwide HRV death toll past 500

in less than a month

From the January 20^th, 1996 of CBC News at Six:

According to sources at the World Health Organization, the newly identified variant strain of Haiphong respiratory virus-- officially classified as HRV Type 2 and known in the media as ‘the Tokyo strain’ --has helped increase the global HRV death count to 380. Closer to home, Canadian federal health officials are warning that outbreaks of HRV could happen in this country within six months...

From the January 22^nd, 1996 edition of The Sporting News:

NFL SAYS SUPER BOWL TO GO ON DESPITE HRV EPIDEMIC

From the January 25^th, 1996 Manchester Union-Leader, front page:

HRV CRISIS EXPECTED TO HAVE MAJOR IMPACT ON NEW HAMPSHIRE

PRIMARIES

From the January 28^th, 1996 Portland Oregonian, front page:

STATE HEALTH EMERGENCY TO BE EXTENDED UNTIL MARCH 1^ST

From the January 30^th, 1996 broadcast of BBC’s 9 O’Clock News:

The worldwide death toll in the HRV epidemic that has been ravaging much of southeast Asia since last May and is also plaguing Japan, the Korean Peninsula, Australia and parts of the United States now stands at four hundred and ten, and there are rumors that the virus may have even spread to mainland China...

From the February 1^st, 1996 Times of India, front page:

HEALTH EMERGENCY DECLARED IN NEW DELHI

Possible HRV Case Reported At City’s Largest Hospital

From the February 4^th, 1996 Los Angeles Times, editorial section:

Due to circumstances beyond our control, we are obliged to temporarily suspend publication of this newspaper for the next 72 hours...

From ABC’s broadcast of World News Tonight With Peter Jennings that same day:

From the February 5^th, 1996 Arizona Republic, sports section:

Phoenix Suns To Play Their Final ’96 Regular Season Home Games In Vegas

Team officials say move a precaution in response to HRV epidemic

From the February 7^th, 1996 broadcast of CBC News at Six:

The worldwide death count in the HRV epidemic which has been going on since last May now stands at 420, and health experts around the world are warning that the toll could easily surpass 500 within a matter of weeks....

From the February 10^th, 1996 Boston Globe, front page:

HRV CASE CONFIRMED IN TUSCON

 

From the February 12^th, 1996 broadcast of BBC’s 9 O’Clock News:

What had been suspected by global health officials since late January has been officially confirmed today by the state-controlled Xinhua News Agency-- the Haiphong respiratory virus has spread to mainland China. In a bulletin late this afternoon London time, Xinhua disclosed that at least twenty Chinese citizens have died from HRV to date; if this figure is accurate, it would bring the global death toll from the disease up to 450 and put the world that much closer to seeing the body count reach or exceed 500...

 

From the February 15^th, 1996 New York Daily News, page 3:

COULD YANKEES BE CLIPPED BY HRV?

Anonymous source says Bronx Bombers’ spring training complex vulnerable to Haiphong virus

From the February 17^th, 1996 Washington Post, front page:

CLINTON APPROVAL RATING SLIPS AS HRV EPIDEMIC CONTINUES TO ESCALATE

 

From the February 18^th, 1996 Manchester Guardian, front page:

WORLD DEATH COUNT FROM HRV EXPECTED TO REACH 500 IN NEXT 48 HOURS

From a CBS News special report dated February 20^th, 1996:

Good afternoon. Within the last half-hour, the United States embassy in Hanoi has received confirmation from the Vietnamese ministry of health that the global HRV epidemic claimed its 500^th victim at about 6:30 AM US Eastern Standard Time this morning. According to bulletins from Vietnam’s official state news agency, the victim was a 48-year-old factory manager originally from Da Nang...

From the February 23^rd, 1996 Wall Street Journal, editorial section:

President Clinton was already facing a tough uphill climb to begin with in his re-election campaign, but that climb seems to be getting even tougher as the HRV crisis continues to get worse. His administration, perceived as ineffectual in its response to the Haiphong virus, is facing harsher criticism than at any other time during his presidency; a few political analysts are even starting to suggest Clinton may be the first incumbent president since Lyndon Johnson not to receive his party’s nomination for a second term...