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Then,
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| | 49 of them are men, and 51 of them are women. |
| | 95 of them are Chinese, 2 of them are Filipino, and 3 of them are from other nationalities. |
| | 17 of them are children under the age of 15, and 11 of them are seniors over the age of 65. |
| | 19 people pay income tax to be used by a 7 people government body and civil organizations. |
But after the SARS outbreak in this 100 people village,
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| | 10 people used to dine out every night, now only 1 person go out for dinner. |
| | 21 people used to go to school, now they have to stay at home. |
| | 48 people used to go to work, 15 of them who were in retail, restaurant, or hotel business might be losing their jobs. |
| | 35 people worry about contracting the SARS virus, even though only 0.01 person is confirmed with SARS infection so far. |
| | only 1 person is working at the public hospital or government health departments fighting this SARS war for the rest of the 99 people. |
So, for the future of this village,
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| | people need to stay together. |
| | people need to be aware that if everyone pay extra close attention to their personal hygienes, the chance of getting infected would be very low. |
| | people need to go out and live a normal life, so that those 15 people would not lose their job. |
| | people should pay respect to that one medical worker who is still fighting this war for the entire village right now. |
The above numbers were summarized from data of various public sources. Salute to the world's health care workers in the war of SARS. Wishing everybody good health.
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