SARS predictions?
 

What will happen with SARS? I suppose that nobody knows.

The way I see it is that the vast majority of people, even in Hong Kong, don't have it. If you get it, the chance of dying is 5%, possibly up to 10%. That's too high for comfort.

I wonder if it will subside in a year? If anyone is more informed than me, please post.

Some FlyerTalk threads about SARS (in the OMNI Forum)

costs:
http://www.flyertalk.com/travel/fttr...ML/011467.html

Betst McCaughey - US should prohibit travel to SARS areas
http://www.flyertalk.com/travel/fttr...ML/011451.html

Can't ignore SARS anymore
http://www.flyertalk.com/travel/fttr...ML/011449.html

Is SARS making us racist?
http://www.flyertalk.com/travel/fttr...ML/010874.html

SARS - Bush signs order allowing quarantine
http://www.flyertalk.com/travel/fttr...ML/010753.html

SARS: Are you afraid of it?
http://www.flyertalk.com/travel/fttr...ML/010703.html

SARS - surgical masks?
http://www.flyertalk.com/travel/fttr...ML/010591.html

SARS: Virus haunts Swiss watch fair
http://www.flyertalk.com/travel/fttr...ML/010569.html

SARS - God's revenge for not joining US coalition in Iraq?
http://www.flyertalk.com/travel/fttr...ML/010519.html

SARS in the USA Pacific Northwest
http://www.flyertalk.com/travel/fttr...ML/010432.html

If you get it, the chance of dying is 5%, possibly up to 10%. That's too high for comfort.

I am, so far, less concerned about the death rate (being somewhere between 3-5% of those know to be infected), but about how much 100% infected will be (how the virus will spread around). 3-5% per 1 Million infected would mean 30'000-50'000 death per 1 million infected.