[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.

[Steel Wolf]

The fact of that matter is we have no idea how many cases there really are in China, because the government there is still not releasing accurate statistics on the disease. Hong Kong is a large, modern city, with a health care infrastructure far superior to most of China. It also has more media coverage than most of China. I will remain very skeptical about anything that the Chinese say until it is corroborated by outside sources with full access.