[GhostofWCooper]

I see you like to put words in other people's mouths. My words are right up above there.

Your panic is palpable, and not productive. Panic never is.

I doubt very much 240 million will die of this pneumonia. When I see the plague trucks patrolling the streets, loudspeakers blaring "BRING OUT YOUR DEAD" I'll begin to panic.

You had better go hide in a duct taped cave someplace, and tune the wind up tv to CNN for more factual updates.

Sheesh.

Ya'll are silly, kneejerk reactionaries, looking to the government for security, health and wisdom. You will be disappointed.

[InShanghai]

...silly, kneejerk reactionaries, looking to the government for security, health and wisdom. You will be disappointed.

Hillary & her cohorts wants to socialize medicine in the US. SARS is now their rallying call. People should not view this disease with a heavy heart, for that is exactly what the 'doom & gloom' people want.

[DannyTN]

Your's is a fatalistic approach. Go watch TV, because the gov't can't be prodded to do anything anyway. I don't buy that.

I'm encouraging the Gov't to get aggressive, because I employee nurses who are going to have to deal with it if they don't. And I've been encouraging the government to get aggressive every since the beginning.

[Eric Cassano]

Your panic is palpable, and not productive. Panic never is.

However sometimes gut instinct is productive. For example....

"The first plane hit the tower and we all ran to the windows. People started to pack and get things together to get out of there when a voice came on the loudspeaker and said we're okay, it's just a terrible accident next door. Please do not panic. Go back to your desks and stay in your office. Many of the people did that." link

I wonder when we'll hear this from the CDC: "It's OK folks. This country is fine. It's just a terrible outbreak affecting the other countries."