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Originally posted by Brandon Martus
Yeah, I agree. It's a serious issue, but there is no reason to scare everybody into believing that they all will catch it and die. Thats the media for you. 
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Sometimes the media is blowing things out of proportion to attract more attention... But it's quite scary when you hear that in Taiwan, thousands of medical personal is resigning because their government is incapable of handling SARS, as a result, lots of doctors are infected because of the failure of the government to educate people about this. There are doctors who don't even go home fearing they will infect their family, there are others quitting for the very same reason.
Basically, the worst case that could happen, is when the disease is spreaded beyond control, and your medical personnel are quitting because of fear and dying from the disease. Kind of like the break down of a society when a plague has gone to its worst phrase.
Yes... the media could be blowing this out of proportion for this... But you guys don't live in Taiwan, or Hong Kong, or China. You haven't seen everyone on the street wearing masks. Just be very very careful when you might have a chance of getting the bug. Treat it like it could harm you a great deal. Don't be scared. Just be aware of it, and very careful.