SARS is infectious, but by close contact. Stay home and you'll be fine.
True, asians in certain cities over there use masks .......after all they are in extremely 'close proximity.' However there was a documentary today on SARS and this was different! There is a huge panic going on in Hong Kong over SARS and people are behaving in very strange manners! Mass emigration, capital flight, the Hang Seng index biting the bullet. And the number wearing masks on the street are more than those who are not ....at least on all the footage shown. And then there are those who have stoppped going to work!
Obviously much of this is due to over-reaction and blind panic ......which can be as bad, or worse (in the case of SARS) than the actual ailment.
Concerning SARS i am worried what it would do to the US economy if it hit here than how many it would kill (because the deaths would not be many). That is my specific fear concerning sARS.
The bigger fear, however, is what i depicted in post no.# 12 .....SARS just being yet another harbinger of mystery viruses sprouting forth and spreading. Who knows, maybe the next 'what is that' virus will be a true killer.