[Petronski]

I should explain this further. I would think of 'skyrocket' as a current mortality rate of 4% and a new mortality rate of something like 90%. With SARS, just based on instinct alone, I think the real mortality rate will be in the teens or twenties.

Brutal, true, but not 'Captain Tripps.'

[Gritty]

I think the real mortality rate will be in the teens or twenties.

That would be more than "brutal".

People have been comparing this disease to the emergence of the Spanish flu. If I recall, the mortality rate was much less than that. Not only that, but the rehab rate was a lot shorter. You either died or you didn't. You didn't linger long either way.

The picture seems very ominous. It doesn't seem like the disease is being well contained and it isn't burning itself out.

I think I'll run out today and get some surgical masks before the run starts.