[VeganFreeper]

PEople here in the USA, which is largely Anglo-Saxon, seem to be experiencing milder symptoms than Asians. This phenomenon is probably not due to poor hygiene in the USA.

[FITZ]

This phenomenon is probably not due to poor hygiene in the USA.

Not necessarily poor hygiene but there can be exposure to animal ---especially dog and cat viruses which don't make us very sick but we might still build up antibodies that would give us some cross-immunity. There could be a lot of factors other than race.

[RussianConservative]

Are there any out breaks in Vladivastok? Seems there are none in Russia...maybe Slavs are immune?

[IvanT]

The majority of severe cases here in Canada have been Canadians of Asian origin - because of our previous connection to Hong Kong, and our gov'ts accepting of Asian immigrants, we have a sizeable group from that area of the world.

[blam]

"PEople here in the USA, which is largely Anglo-Saxon, seem to be experiencing milder symptoms than Asians. This phenomenon is probably not due to poor hygiene in the USA.

Where is this reported and how do you know the race?

[sonofron]

"PEople here in the USA, which is largely Anglo-Saxon, seem to be experiencing milder symptoms than Asians. "

i hate to be knitpicky but people of anglo-saxon extraction (from england) are a minority here in the US. so, there is no link between them and the mild effects of sars here in the USA.

[tiki]

I know that most in the US who have contracted SARS did so from contact while traveling to infected areas but does anyone know whether most, some or any were Chinese or Asian?