[First Amendment]

About four percent of patients with SARS die, scientists say.

Forgive me for repetition, but is there anyone out there with the medical background/knowledge to give an educated guess as to what the death rate might be if no medical care were given? For instance, if there were no beds available, or doctors, or money?

[per loin]

I've no expertise in such, but I'd guess those patients in intensive care units (about 12% - 15% of Hong Kong SARS patients) would not be strong cndidates for survival.

I did see one figure given by a journalist in Hong Kong, but she gave no source for it, attributing it only to "doctors". The figure was 40%.