Terrorists may choose "death as a martyr", but do you really think they will choose extended suffering as a doable form of martyrdom?
From the way this disease is acting,I think if some young and healthy individuals could self infect and spread SARS,a good percentage of them would live through with minor ill effects.
Yes,some might die or ruin their health but even they would accept it as the will of "Allah".
We're not talking about what most of us here would call "sane" individuals.