[Cicero]

IF it remains as contagious as it seems to be, then I would expect something on the order of the Influenza deaths at the end of the First World War. Anything from 20 million to 100 million.

It's much more dangerous than Ebola because it's airborn. To catch ebola you either need to eat monkeys or get infected blood on yourself.

One British expert said on Thursday that it may not spread all that fast. Let's hope so. And if it continues to mutate, that means a vaccine may be difficult or impossible to develop but it also may mean it will become less deadly.

The worst case scenario is very serious indeed. Backward countries would suffer most, but the US would suffer badly too.

[TaxRelief]

It is NOT airborne (aerosal). You have to be globbed on, literally, to get sick. Or you have to touch an infected surface and then put your mucky fingers into your nose, your mouth or your eyes.

[Joe Hadenuf]

As jumbo jets are lined up from here to Asia, on approach to an airport near you....

American's refuse to wake up to the open border, immigration time bomb....

[ladyjane]

...the US would suffer badly too...

Absolutely. Even if not one US citizen gets the disease it will have a major impact. Productivity is down, our buyers aren't going over there, and retailers are beginning to worry plenty. Imagine you are a manager at Walmart. What is going to be on your shelves this September? You know that fan belt you need for your Honda or water pump you need for your Toyota? What do you think the backlog is in the supply warehouses?