[GhostofWCooper]

And a 96 % life rate.
Kinda like pneumonia, plain old pneumonia.
People die. Case closed.

Let the piddling begin.. :^)

[DannyTN]

"Kinda like pneumonia, plain old pneumonia"

It's that attitude that is letting the dang thing spread.

Pneumonia and Influenca are the 7th leading cause of death in the US. If you had a chance to stamp out pneumonia before it had spread, wouldn't you?

I can't find an apples to apples comparison of the death rates. The overall death rate for pneumonia is 0.04% or about 40 people per 100,000 population. Once you are admitted to the hospital with pneumonia the mortality rate is 9%. But hospital admissions are primarily elderly.

SARS death rate is 4% of everyone who is diagnosed. http://www.lungusa.org/data/pi/pi_2.pdf