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No. As a matter of fact I have no idea how you would even think that from what I wrote. I'm simply pointing out that all of the "plans" for how to deal with SARS are expensive and doomed to be ineffective.

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And I'm saying that "ineffective" isn't ineffective if you happen to be one who didn't catch the bug on September 29, 2003, or the guy he would have caught it from on October 3, because of care taken by the Feds (even though it wouldn't make a difference to some other poor guy). Epidemeology is a numbers game, among other things, is it not?

If this turns out to be a case of sniffles and a light fever, that's one thing, but a hazard to the lives of the infirm, elderly, and youth is a problem.