[GhostofWCooper]

What's all this panicky talk about? A strain of pneumonia? Folks, people have been dying of "acute respiratory " diseases forever, and will continue to do so.

The timing and placement of these stories smacks of hysteria generation from our bestest buddies.

Calm down and think. There is no cure for most viral ailments, like the common cold. Should we all wet ourselves because someone sneezes in our general direction?

I read of an EO recently issued allowing forcible quarantine of people with "SARS". Since this is basically a severe cold, don't you all find this EO a tad worrisome? I find it more troubling than this flubug or whatever it is.

[DannyTN]

"this is basically a severe cold,"

A severe cold with a 4% death rate that kills not just the old and immune deficient.

And one that would have been largely preventable, if the WHO had been a little more panicky and put some travel restrictions in place back when it was only 150 cases.

You can "wet yourself" if you want to. However, we are staying abreast of it, and encouraging the health authorities to get control of it.

[riri]

It's not the 4 or 5% (10% in Canada) mortality rate that is freaking me out. It is the 85% rate of people sitting in hospitals not getting any better, now that is worrying me.