[aristeides]

It's possible that the death rate in Canada is higher because we're getting inaccurate figures from Hong Kong and China.

SARS now a threat to young: MD: As the virus mutates, it appears to be gaining potency, specialists note.

[aristeides]

Local SARS alert escalates: Ill travellers from Toronto will be subject to isolation.

[Dog Gone]

Nobody trusts the numbers from China, although Hong Kong has been very aggressive in how they've handled this.

But there's no reason to doubt the numbers from Singapore. It seems as if Canada has the worst strain we've seen so far.

[CathyRyan]

Could they be keeping people of life support longer? Could a cultural thing be going on here? Anyone have a guess?

[Dog Gone]

Check that. It appears that Singapore has it as bad as Canada.