I still don't understand how an ordinary person can know if they have SARS. It's symptoms seem to be similar to a bad cold or flu. When would a person think of going to the hospital? And how many people may they have infected before they are diagnosed?
Personally, I don't go to the doctor unless I've had some nasty symptoms for at least 4 or 5 days. With SARS, I could be a regular Typhoid Mary if I thought it was just a cold.
That's just it --- for most healthy people, all it's going to be is a cold or flu ---who wants to be locked up in some quarantine just for coughing? I need to work and get other things done.