[TaxRelief]

Correct me if I am wrong, but I believe the US has successfully contained several outbreaks of SARS.

[TigerLikesRooster]

RE #2

In the mean time, many buildings in Beijing went into lock-down mode to keep suspected SARS patients from venturing out.

[steve86]

Correct me if I am wrong, but I believe the US has successfully contained several outbreaks of SARS.

I don't know if it's quite right to say that isolating a single person with probable SARS (as has occurred several times) is "containing an outbreak". Or even two or three. Every definition I've seen of outbreak implies more than one or a few afflicted individuals.