Agree to most of the media hype criticism and ridiculous behaviour for the Malaysian government (shouldn't we be used to it by now?)

The problem with SARS from an epidemiological standpoint is that we don't know its true communicability. Is 2000 infections enough, and will the virus like the flu recede during the hot months -- or is this just the initial bout of infections, leading up in 3-4 months to the exponential growth we see with true superflus, pestilence etc. As christep has pointed out correctly, it is the unknown that scares people, not the dry facts of the disease.