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If anything causes an epidemic, it will be people who are so sure they don't have it, and so sure they are different that the rules don't apply to them. So sure that that funeral is just too important to miss.

All these people were healthcare workers...interesting. Did you know that in China, doctors are not the top of the pile, status wise? They are much nearer the bottom then the top. Of course that causes its own problems, since the best people aren't attracted to the field and the whole situation encourages indolence and carelessness. (Not everywhere, of course, but outside the smaller cities). However, if we in western countries didn't have a tendancy to deify those in the health care industry, maybe there wouldn't be these people thinking that the quarantine rules just don't apply to them.

Although the wording of the article is not completely clear. It appears that the article is already out of date. Last nights Fox cable news statated there were 87 SARS deaths reported in China.

If anything causes an epidemic, it will be people who are so sure they don't have it, and so sure they are different that the rules don't apply to them.

I believe Singapore has a policy that anybody breaking SARS quarantine is subject to either a jail term or $5000 fine.

Quarantines need to be enforced in Canada and elsewhere. They should be mandatory, not optional. To not do so can be deadly for others.