[per loin]

And the degree of confidence that you have in your prophesy?

[Judith Anne]

I'm just wondering about the number of Toronto (and/or Canadian) cases that were in health care workers...I'm recalling the doctor who got it, treating a man whose SARS symptoms were masked by congestive heart failure...

Actually, to me it's a matter of concern if there are a lot of people getting mild cases of SARS, because that might mean that the disease would likely infect more of the people who are more vulnerable due to overwhelming infection, those who are on meds that lower their immune status.

Truthfully, I don't think there are thousands of mild cases, or we'd be seeing a bunch of random serious cases not related to any known index case or vector. In Canada, if I remember correctly, all the cases can be traced back to one grandmother who came to Canada from China...

[discostu]

Absolute. Of course SARS won't be gone after all that. Cold and flu season will now be cold flu and SARS season. It'll come around every year with the cold weather. Welcome to 1918 (that's when cold season became cold and flu season).