FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - June 1, 2003
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SAN DIEGO, CA -- Teachers.Net and educator Catherine Strommen became high-tech links in the chain of people and events that cracked the Chinese government's tight lid on its emerging SARS epidemic. When a chatter from China logged on in the Teachers.Net chatroom early in 2003 describing a "terrible sickness" in his city, fellow chatter Catherine Strommen immediately contacted an epidemiologist friend. This set in motion a chain of events that resulted in bringing a SARS outbreak to the attention of the World Health Organization.
The article, "Teachers.Net Chatroom Exchange Reveals SARS Outbreak" is the cover story in the June issue of the Teachers.Net Gazette monthly webzine and can be accessed through http://teachers.net/gazette/JUN03.
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