[CathyRyan]

I am worried about the health care workers...How long before they stop showing up for work?

[per loin]

I've wondered that too. These workers have families and friends, and as they see other health workers catching SARS, they have to be worried that they could be bringing the disease home with them to those families and friends. With the death rate now above 5% and rising, many may soon find the risk not worth taking.

[blam]

"I am worried about the health care workers...How long before they stop showing up for work?"

They are braver than me. I would have quit about two weeks ago. The disturbing thing is that health care workers must be smarter and more aware of how to avoid the virus than the general population.....still they are falling. Not good.

I've read that Asians in this country are causing a shortage of surgical masks by sending them to friends and family in Asia.