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Old Jan 3, 2012, 8:56 am
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Yaatri
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Originally Posted by jiejie
I hope it doesn't get to that point. Please don't think selfishly in terms of your own desires about sales fares to Asia. As somebody who lived through SARS in Beijing in 2003 and was working for a (US) small business at the time, I can tell you that we had no human casualties, but the terrible effect on business for those few months, put us on a downslope that eventually led to the company's demise (and loss of jobs). And even that pales in significance to the sickness and loss of life among those directly affected by the illness....many of whom were health care workers themselves.
I am sorry about the effect SARS has on your business and casualties that resulted from it.
It's an unwarranted and unfair presumption on your part to make a judgement, about anyone who bought, or would consider buying a sale fare resulting from an event beyond our control.
I am not wishing it to happen, but if it does, I will not give a good fare.

That said, China often does not admit there is a problem, until it's serious. We should all watch and be aware.
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