[DannyTN]

The only thing to fear is fear itself.

Fear kept China from admitting how bad the problem was.

Fear that people would say they overreacted kept WHO from putting travel restrictions in place.

Fear has allowed SARS to grow from 150 cases to over 2600.

[glorgau]

Hmmm... the New York Times starts arguing about "irrational fear" after experts determine that it could be related to an STD. How surprising.

[EternalHope]

Well, now we know where the New York Times stands. That helps clarify where the truth of the matter lies...

[aristeides]

Newspapers have to keep their advertisers happy. Advertisers do not want a panic.

[aristeides]

WHO identifies SARS virus . Well, that should make it possible to develop a test for the disease.

[EternalHope]

Even among the infected in Hong Kong, fewer than 15 percent have needed intensive care. The mortality rate has been around 4 percent, the norm here for pneumonia, which kills 2,000 to 3,000 people a year.

It was a "target rich environment", but I picked this comment from the article to illustrate a point: This is an incredibly STUPID article.

Considering the source, I suppose I should not be surprised.

[CathyRyan]

Health officials in Hong Kong and Singapore warned their citizens today that the SARS virus had spread so far that it would be hard to bring under control any time soon, if ever.....

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/04/08/international/asia/08CND-HONG.html?ex=1050465600&en=f2ee66ab26066db8&ei=5062&partner=GOOGLE

[mrustow]

I supose I'm kicking a dead horse, but this guy gets refuted in grand style here, and dissed by name:

EXCLUSIVE SARS REPORT: Six Degress of SARS: Of Politics, Greed, and Plagues