New theory of SARS transmission is proposed by doctor 2003/4/8TAIPEI, Taiwan, The China Post staff A local medical researcher yesterday speculated that the virus causing the potentially deadly severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) can be transmitted through sexual intercourse. At the same time, Dr. Lin Jui-hsiung, the head of the National Taiwan University Institute of Epidemiology, said that SARS did not appear to be easily spread and that there was no need for people to wear surgical masks. Lin claims that his hypothesis could help explain why some people seem to have come down with SARS for no explainable reason....