We be looking at 10 million deaths if those figures hold. With six billion people on the planet its far from being a Captain Trips rampage.
On the other hand, this poster might be way too optimistic:
Meanwhile, Dr John Hubley a lecturer in health promotion at Leeds Metropolitan University, said he felt Sars had the potential to wreak “absolute destruction”.
“Though it’s too early to say for sure what the impact of Sars will be, it is certainly far more contagious than Aids and the course of infection is much quicker,” he said
http://breakingnews.iol.ie/news/story.asp?j=68348566&p=68349z7z The death rate for Sars could be significantly higher than previously thought, according to an British expert's study into the pneumonia-like virus.
The research by Professor Roy Anderson, due to be published in a medical journal next week, is expected to say the virus could kill between 8% and 15% - or one in seven - of those infected. The World Health Organization (WHO) had predicted a death rate of 5% to 6% and said the virus could be beaten if countries worked together to stop it spreading. A WHO spokesman said Professor Anderson was a top class professional and his findings were probably accurate.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/2977035.stm SARS much more deadly than first estimated
13:43 25 April 03
NewScientist.com news service
Analysis of the latest statistics on the global SARS epidemic reveals that at least 10 per cent of people who contract the new virus will die of the disease.
http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99993662