A friend of mine is going to China this week, to visit his son, and is insisting SARS is an STD, i.e., something that can only be caught from sexual relations.
I haven't heard of any kids under 14 or so that have SARS so it would make sense that SARS is an STD, but I don't know for sure. Pardon my potential, if not cemented, ignorance.
SARS is not an STD but a corona virus from the family of the common cold virus, only this is a killer cold virus. It spreads by droplets in the air from infected people coughing and sneezing, and now there is evidence that it spreads from the gastrointestinal system and can live on surfaces for 24 hrs.