[Beck_isright]

"At the moment, SARS is a disease of the international traveler."

What happens when a container ship hit's Long Beach or Seattle and an infected sailor shares it with the local population?

[Bluewave]

Unfortunately, the sailor gives it to a few dozen hookers on their way to truck stop, the trucker gives it to the groceryman, the neighbor's daughter catches it from the produce manager's son, she passes it to my grandkids while baby sitting, grandma gets sick while tending the babies, and tragedy hits my family and millions of others.

The seriousness of this disease is difficult to imagine and yet, it is one or two encounters away from reality!

It is time to demand a professional and effective response from the CDC and the Federal Government. As much as I dislike the intrusiveness of the Federal Government, we need it now.

[Walkingfeather]

heres a thought.... What if there are cargo ships that just cruise the oceans till they run out of fuel because the crew living in such close quarters all die before reaching port?