> wrote in message
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> The article is dated July 28, 2000. If this is really the reason, why
> hasn't it been publicized in the last four-and-a-half-years? If a
> virus is the cause, there must have been a huge outbreak during the
> last decade. If this virus is the cause, it must be somehow missing
> the beach parts of West Coast cities and hitting the inland cities much
> harder.

LOL, unfortunately, it HAS hit the beach parts of Hawaii, trust me. Not a
pretty sight.

I did read the article.