[TomB]

I am not all that certain that the US health care system would have handled SARS that much better. If it spreads to the USA we shall see.

There ARE cases in the US already, it just hasn't spread becuase of proper precautions. If you read the story, Stein makes it clear that Toronto is the only place where there is a problem outside Asia, despite the fact that Asians from the affected areas travel all over the world.

[harpseal]

Given many of the hospitals in the USA do some of the same emergency room type situations it is not impossible that this could have occurred here, particularly in a city of equivalent size. I will be willing to listen to the superior US response next month when we a certain we are not facing a major problem with SARS.