[JudgemAll]

I doubt it, it is neither contageous or deadly enough to be an efficient bio-weapon. When it comes down to it SARS isn't much more deadly than normal viral pneumonia, and it came from a region where most new cold/flu viruses originate.

With a 4% kill rate, SARS is a serious problem, especially due to its contagious nature. THe Spanish flue had the same level of kill rate and contagion and it killed 40 million worldwide in its 8 month streak. Sars could kill 200 million. It is an economic weapon.

[riri]

The Spanish flue had the same level of kill rate and contagion and it killed 40 million worldwide in its 8 month streak

What eventually makes something like this die out on it's own? It would seem it could just keep going on and on as long as it had peple to infect. Is there another factor that eventually "burns" these things out?

[boris]

"T[h]e Spanish flue had the same level of kill rate"

Nothing chimney sweeps couldn't handle...

--Boris