Big White Guy's blog in Hong Kong had an age table based on the Hong Kong figures a few days ago: the death rate went up uniformly with increasing age, from 0% for children under 15 to something like 30% for people over 70 or so.> This whole SARS thing is being blown WAY out of proportion.
There are 6,000,000,000+ human beings on the planet.
The world's record for longevity is ~120 years.
6,000,000,000 / 120 = 50,000,000 people dying every year, at least.
So far there have been ~500 SARS deaths.
500 / 50,000,000 = 0.001% of the deaths expected this year are due to SARS.
Give me a break.
Which law is it, that says there can never be another worldwide epidemic like the 1918 flu, or for that matter, HIV?
P. S. How many SARS deaths were there a month ago? How much has the percentage changed?
I think you've missed the meaning of the statement you commented on by about a mile and a half.
You're ignoring the fact that SARS is new. The number of cases per month will increase geometrically, less any benefit quarintining may have.