[Timesink]

So if we had an outbreak at a hospital in the US, no one could report it to the general public?

It doesn't matter whether they "can" or not. If it happens, word will get out. Doctors and nurses talk. Within 24 hours, people would be canceling elective surgeries, refusing to go there to visit sick friends, demanding to be taken to other hospitals in emergencies, the local TV stations would start calling ... the hospital would be FORCED to set the record straight one way or the other.

[per loin]

Judith Anne asked earlier if anyone knows of a single hospital in the US that admits that it has SARS patients. Do you know of any? We have over 60 probable, and over 300 suspect cases. Where are they?