[George W. Bush]

I don't think we have a clue about how many cases are in rural China. A vast disaster in the making, I think. India is also ripe for being hit hard as are Africa (as usual) and South America. In short, a disaster for the overpopulated countries who outbreed their ability to provide any decent medical care for themselves.

[Mo1]

I don't think we have a clue about how many cases are in rural China.

I don't think China has a clue either and doesn't know how to handle this at all

[RayChuang88]

Given the crowded living conditions and poor sanitary practices in China, my worry is that SARS is going to end up causing a couple of million deaths just in China alone. This really reflects extremely badly on the Chinese government, to say the least.

[ramdalesh]

Where was the first outbreak of the disease, and was there only one origin or were there several?

[dark_lord]

Oh well. If it ravages China I guess we can expect some disruption to all the Wal-Mart goods. And if it runs through India, maybe all those CEO's pushing "outsourcing" will find they screwed up. On the other hand, SARS might burn out.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

There is evidence that this disease jumped the animal-human boundry. In rural China, people are fond of keeping ducks, chickens and pigs near their homes and its quite possible that the disease has been incubating in the animal population, without regard to the number of nearby people.