[goodieD]

will there ever be any stats we can trust on this disease? I doubt it.. I think this is just the "epidemic" du jour.

[discostu]

Remember there are lies, damn lies and statistics. There are stats on anything you can truly trust. As for SARS there just isn't enough data currently. The Philipines death rate is 50%, of course 2 people got it and 1 died. Give it another month, by that point all the current cases will have run their course and we'll know whether or not this is an epidemic (my vote is not) and there should be enough useful data to make something up with.

[TalBlack]

Ditto! The reports suggest we should worry but for some reason I just don't care about SARS and I'm not afraid of it. The disease Du jour indeed!