[Diogenesis]

SARS is serious. The death rate increases ~1.8 for every decade of life of those who have it.
That is unusual.

In the flu, etc., it is in the old and the infirmed,
those fighting devastating diseases, who succumb.
This is more serious. It effects workers. That is unusual.

Like the weaponized Anthrax and possibly West NileFever
one might reasonably take it very seriously.

[Smogger]

Everyone is totally downlplaying SARS to prevent a panic. You better believe SARS is some series sh*t. You don't have to be a doctor to see that a 7.2% (and rising) fatality rate is B-A-D.

Personally, I would like to see travel banned too and from any infected country. As someone pointed out on another thread that politician's collective reactions to the illness in China, Toronto, and yes even here in the US can be likened to the Mayor and City Council in the movie Jaws. God forbid an abundance of caution interfere with the pursuit of the almighty dollar. Anyone who states otherwise is "overreacting."

Fact is no one knows what we are dealing with here. You don't have to be a doctor or a virologist to see that. That goes for the CDC too.

[cake_crumb]

"Like the weaponized Anthrax and possibly West NileFever one might reasonably take it very seriously."

I'm taking it seriously. I took West Nile seriously when it was dangerous, because I had it and wound up in the hospital. I just don't think we ought to get totally hysterical about it yet, I don't believe all the people incarcerated in China have SARS until I see proof, and I don't trust the WHO to save us from ANYTHING.