[Maelstrom]

Panic can be averted.

[Bahbah]

"I'd much sooner get SARS than get hit by lightning," said Dr. Lionel Mandeltrom"
Why do I not feel comforted by this comparison, I wonder?

[discostu]

I was just starting to think that maybe i should consider worrying about this. Good to know I was right to ignore. We're way to prone to panic.

[Plutarch]

With SARS, there's a 95 to 98 per cent chance a person will survive the illness.

"There are these steps that make it seem scary," he said, pointing to the quarantine. "You don't do that for a minor thing."

Catching an illness in the prime of life as easily as a cold and having a 1 in 20 chance of dying is plenty scary enough for me, thank you. The doctor who first reported the disease: DEAD!!! In no way SARS this be compared to pneumonia in a nursing home denizen. This doctor is providing us nothing but spin.

[Cold Heat]

I do not believe they have a handle on the mortality rate due to a lck of data regarding China.

I wait and see.

[malakhi]

Ping.

[ex-Texan]

This is disinformation. Toronto has locked their hospital doors to all patients except medical staff and close relatives. Other people with SARS symptoms are urged to lock themselves into their homes. There are no medical personel available who will consider house calls.

[Wolfie]

Aw geez, that's no fun.

PANIC! RUN! HIDE! HOLD YOUR BREATH!

Now that's fun.

[Eric Cassano]

SARS survival rate higher than pneumonia
Panic, overkill fuel public fears about disease

The title of Karen Palmer's article should actually be.....

"SARS survival rate higher than pneumonia
Panic, overkill and reality fuel public fears about disease."

SARS spreads to Sick Kids Hospital

[green team 1999]

remember the movie "the stand"