Then Air India flies to New York, which means that avoiding only flights from Asia will not be enough. This may finish off the airlines.
The most aggressive efforts I've seen anywhere to contain SARS are occurring in Toronto. More than 7,000 people there have been quarantined at home for 10 days at some point over the past month.
If Canadian health officials can't stop the spread of SARS (and it appears that they haven't) with these measures, there is no hope for the third world countries at all.
Every international flight is now a risk.