[Malsua]

SARS

If you bury your head in the sand, it might go away, right?

It's not a big deal because only 6000 people have it, right?

No one in the states has died from it, so it's no big deal right?

Right. It's not a big deal, _RIGHT NOW_ if you don't have it and you are reasonably healthy and are under 65 years old.

If you don't fit that demo, you're more likely than not to die from it if you do get it.

But we shouldn't be concerned? Reading some FR posts, one would believe that we should just think it's an Asian problem and it's medical folks seeking funding hyping this thing.

One must consider the larger picture. Yes, it's not a problem now unless you're older and catch it.

This genie however seems not to like to be stoppered in its bottle. If mainland China at large becomes a hotbed for SARS, it will become a pandemic. The reasons? Long incubation and morbidity. Toss in some mutation aspects and we've got the holy grail of death sentance in a water droplet.

I'm not in a panic and I don't think anyone should be. What I belive needs to occur is that we absolutely _MUST_ treat SARS as if it were an airborne Ebola or Smallpox.

Hype? I can only hope. Acting as it were merely hype though means ignoring a vast number of indicators.

Act as if this is a TEOTWAWKI and squish it _NOW_. Lets hope this is a flash in the pan.

-Mal

[_Jim]

Hype? I can only hope. Acting as it were merely hype though means ignoring a vast number of indicators.

Are you gonna start buying MRE's, a supply of surgical masks and your own RN (Registered Nurse) for the duration?