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Since this is the main discussion thread for today, it ought to have a link to this thread:

This is a must read for anybody who wants to know what SARS is really like. It sure ain't the flu.

Thanks for pinging me to this thread, per loin. Just as CathyRyan thought, it's a good place for me to get updated on the latest articles...EternalHope, that was an excellent survivor's story, really tells what it's like from a nurse's point of view...

I know that a lot of people think this is overblown and that's fine. Most of the flu that the US gets every fall and winter is from infections that start in the far east in the spring. I doubt we'll really see much until the end of the summer, truthfully, though SARS will continue to be in the news.

Most years, the US has a new vaccine each fall for that year's flu virus. SARS is different than the flu, though, it's more like a new pneumonia cold...and while some people, including me, seem to be immune to colds (I haven't had one in literally a decade) I seriously doubt we'll have any magic immunity against SARS. Remember: nurses and doctors are among the earliest cases everywhere it breaks out.

I'm concerned, not about the case numbers now, because the US stats show no rapid spread here, but about what will happen this fall. I cannot imagine an effective vaccine against any coronavirus. Coronaviridae mutate rapidly and cross-infect multiple species.