Replies to post #93986 on Zeev's Turnips Patch-No Politics (ZEEV)

[Joe Stocks]

>>It's only been lethal in 4% of it's cases. <<

Hell, that's only 4 mil out of a 100 mil.- 40,000,000 out of a billion.

[jbennett53]

ItsAllCyclical, Over 1 million Americans died in the flu epidemics of 1918-1919. Our population is now well over twice it was then . If SARS got out of control in the US the perception of that many dying would shut the economy down.

[CoalTrain]

I agree SARS could be a problem, but part of the problem is the hyping of SARS. It's only been lethal in 4% of it's cases
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If it originates in one of the regions of China with lots of hypothyroidism and Cretins it may not spread that far into the rest of the world with better immunity. However if it does spread at the current percieved rate, 4% would be a huge number. It is to early to tell IMO so you should be on the safe side and panic. <G> Viruses tend to be strong at first and then a weaker strain developes. Killing the host quickly is bad bussiness for the virus. They do not spread as far. Not sure if bacteria do the same. As new as this is it could have been going around in China for quite some time and not be known. AIDS was not killing %4 of those infected in this short a time span. If it spreads and kills at the same rate it will be devastating.

CT