Part 4

From the February 29^th, 1996 Washington Post, front page:

CLINTON DENIES ANY PLANS TO DROP OUT OF ’96 PRESIDENTIAL RACE;

DEFENDS WHITE HOUSE RESPONSE TO HRV EPIDEMIC

 

From the March 2^nd, 1996 broadcast of CBC News at Six:

The global death toll in the HRV epidemic could reach 600 within a matter of

weeks, according to the latest estimates from the World Health Organization....

From the March 3^rd, 1996 New York Post, page 5:

COMEBACK KID? MAYBE NOT

Clinton poll numbers continuing to slip in the face of HRV crisis

From the March 5^th, 1996 broadcast of BBC’s 9 O’Clock News:

The death count in the current global HRV epidemic now stands at 532, and

health officials in every country affected by the deadly virus fear that within

the next two or three weeks the toll could easily surpass the 600 plateau which

was recently calculated by the UN’s World Health Organization. Here at home,

a National Health Service immunologist told BBC1 this afternoon that there is a

possibility the Haiphong virus may reach Britain before the end of the year....

From the March 8^th, 1996 Variety, front page:

OSCARS NIXED

HRV Crisis Forces Academy Awards Cancellation For The First

Time In Event’s 69-Year History

From the March 12^th, 1996 Boston Globe, page A2:

GLOBAL HRV TOLL REACHES 551

Harvard School of Medicine immunologist believes virus may reach

eastern US before October

From the March 14^th, 1996 Seattle Post-Intelligencer, front page:

THREE HRV CASES DIAGNOSED IN OREGON HOSPITAL

First confirmed U.S. infections of Haiphong virus outside California or

Arizona

From the March 17^th, 1996 broadcast of the KNBC-TV(Los Angeles) 12 noon news:

This year, St. Patrick’s Day is a somber day as the Los Angeles area remains

under quarantine for the Haiphong virus. California state health officials believe

it may be weeks or even months before the quarantine can be lifted...

From the March 20^th, 1996 broadcast of ABC’s World News Tonight With Peter Jennings:

The US Surgeon General’s office is projecting that the global body count in the

current HRV epidemic will probably pass 600 in the next four or five days...

From the March 22^nd, 1996 New York Times, page A5:

RIOTS DEVASTATE JAKARTA AS SUHARTO’S CRITICS DEMAND ANSWERS

ABOUT HRV OUTBREAKS IN INDONESIA

From the March 23^rd, 1996 Toronto Globe & Mail, page 2:

From an ABC News special report dated March 25^th, 1996:

Just moments ago it was confirmed that the worldwide death count in

the HRV epidemic currently devastating much of Asia as well as parts of

Australia, New Zealand, and the United States has now officially topped

600....

From the March 28^th, 1996 Seattle Post-Intelligencer, front page:

HEALTH EMERGENCY DECLARED FOR SOUTHERN WASHINGTON STATE

Governor’s office fears HRV may be spreading north from Oregon

From the March 31^st, 1996 broadcast of The MacNeil-Lehrer News Hour(PBS TV, United States):

President Clinton’s re-election campaign appears to be in serious

jeopardy; not only has Clinton lost three consecutive primaries, but

the latest Gallup polls say that at least 42% of registered Democrats

in the US believe he should resign from office before the end of his

current term. The president, whose critics charge that he has largely

been ineffective in coping with the global HRV crisis, has repeatedly

said in recent weeks that he would not leave office until his term has

expired....

 

From the April 2^nd, 1996 Times of London, front page:

From the April 4^th, 1996 broadcast of CBC News at Six:

Medical authorities in Vancouver have directed all of the city’s hospitals

to make a comprehensive review of their HRV screening and containment

procedures as fears mount that the lethal respiratory disease may reach

Canada before the middle of summer. The virus, which to date has claimed

at least 628 lives worldwide, originated in Vietnam last May and since then

has spread across much of Asia as well as infecting people in Australia, New

Zealand, and the United States...

From the April 8^th, 1996 broadcast of The CBS Evening News With Dan Rather:

As Clinton’s re-election campaign teeters on the verge of final collapse, a

possible dark horse contender for the Democratic presidential nomination

is emerging in the person of Vermont governor Howard Dean. Governor

Dean, a former physician who during his tenure has made health care a

major priority of his administration, is the focus of a grass-roots write-in

campaign among voters who feel his medical expertise may hold the key

to containing the spread of HRV in this country. Although Dean has never

before expressed any presidential aspirations, write-in votes have made

him a winner in one state primary and given him second place finishes in

two others and a national ‘Draft Dean’ movement is beginning to pick up

steam...

 

From the April 10^th, 1996 Philadelphia Inquirer, page 4:

TEMPLE UNIVERSITY EXCHANGE STUDENT LATEST VICTIM OF HRV EPIDEMIC

Was studying archeology in China; student’s death brings total worldwide HRV

body count to 652

From the April 12^th, 1996 Toronto Globe & Mail, front page:

GLOBAL HRV DEATH TOLL COULD PASS 700 BEFORE MAY 1^ST, SAYS DOCTOR

AT YORK UNIVERSITY

 

From the April 15^th, 1996 broadcast of BBC’s 9 O’Clock News:

The worldwide casualty toll in the HRV epidemic now stands at 675; within

the past hour we have received confirmation from US health authorities that

the virus has apparently spread into Washington state....

From the April 17^th, 1996 San Diego Union-Tribune, page A3:

SAN FRANCISCO CITY OFFICIALS PLEAD FOR CALM AS RIOTS PLAGUE

TENDERLOIN DISTRICT

Riots said to stem from growing frustration over HRV epidemic’s

hampering of local food distribution systems

From an NBC News special bulletin dated April 20^th, 1996:

Just moments ago it was confirmed by World Health Organization sources

that the death toll in the current global HRV epidemic has passed the 700

mark. Those same sources also report that in the past 24 hours Pakistan has

recorded its first verified cases of the virus; these outbreaks, according to a

dispatch from Reuters, have occurred in a village just a few miles south of

Lahore...

From the April 22^nd, 1996 Jerusalem Post, front page:

From a Channel 9(Australia) news bulletin dated April 27^th, 1996:

Australian Liberal Party leader John Howard is shaken but unhurt following

an incident during a speech in Melbourne earlier today in which a left-wing

demonstrator tried to punch Howard but was stopped and apprehended by

police before she could reach the podium. Howard, a candidate to become the

next prime minister of Australia, has been a controversial figure in recent

months for his numerous public statements advocating the expulsion of all

Asian refugees from the country as a means of halting the spread of HRV.

Viewers may recall that the first outbreaks of the Haiphong virus to occur in

Australia happened among passengers of a refugee ship which landed near

Carnavon last autumn...

 

From the May 3^rd, 1996 New York Times, front page:

From the May 5^th, 1996 broadcast of ABC’s World News Tonight With Peter Jennings:

The World Health Organization today issued a report projecting that the total

combined worldwide death toll from the HRV epidemic which has been going on

for nearly a year will reach 750 within the next 24 hours or less. HRV, also known

as "the Haiphong virus" after the Vietnamese port where it was first identified

nearly a year ago, has not only infected much of Asia but has also made inroads

into Australia and New Zealand and spread throughout much of the west coast

of the United States and is even showing faint signs of threatening war-ravaged

Afghanistan...

 

From the May 6^th, 1996 Asahi Shimbun, page 2:

The Imperial Palace today issued a statement that the Emperor and his

family have been evacuated from Tokyo for their personal safety...

From the May 11^th, 1996 Las Vegas Review-Journal, page A3:

VEGAS HOTELS SEEING 20% DROP IN TOURIST REVENUE DUE TO HRV EPIDEMIC

Nevada state tourism board fears business could drop even further if HRV crisis continues

From the May 13^th, 1996 broadcast of CNN Headline News:

The latest estimates from the Centers for Disease Control on global casualties in

the current HRV epidemic indicates that the number of deaths from the deadly

respiratory disease will likely top the 800 mark within the next 36-48 hours. In a

related development, the international medical relief agency Doctors Without

Borders reports that at least one suspected case of Haiphong virus has been

identified in a remote Afghan village somewhere along Afghanistan’s frontier

with Pakistan....

 

From the May 16^th, 1996 Boston Globe, front page:

CDC Estimates HRV Worldwide Death Count Now Up to 816

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

One full year has passed since the first outbreaks of HRV were recorded by the

Vietnamese health ministry, and to date there has been little if any good news in

the battle to find treatments for this lethal respiratory disease. In fact, today on

at least one front the news has gotten noticeably worse: World Health Organization

officials have confirmed that not only are the two known strains of HRV continuing

to spread at an alarmingly swift and steady rate, but doctors in some of the areas

affected by the HRV epidemic have found signs of a possible third strain in existence.

With the likelihood of an HRV outbreak in Canada growing daily, news of a third type

of the virus has naturally proven unsettling to Canadians...

 

From the May 22^nd, 1996 New York Daily News, page 3:

To Be Continued