Avius,
About wearing that mask in HKG and SIN, I would suggest you seriously include any stations in China too. It is quite obvious that China is the biggest evil of this current Syndrome, unfortunately.
They have a nasty habit of grossly under-reporting such dirty laundries from their own backyard. A quote from the "Far Eastern Econimic Review" issue dated 10 Apr 2003, titled "The China Virus" page 15 says, "At the end of 2001 the UN estimated that there were up to 1.5 million cases of HIV infection in China, while the Ministry of Health (China) said there were just over 30,000. The Ministry then raised its estimate of HIV infections to 1 million............."
China currently officially acknowledged that the number of SARS cases in China is about 1,200. Can we believe this to be the TRUE figure? I don't know..........
If you can help it, don't be a part of and/or be an agent that brings that virus out of any SARS infected area. You never know. The next victim could be the one closest to you. Fate... don't tempt it.
careful mates
greenbonnet