Excellent post, raitfaiter. Hope you don`t mind, but I have cut and pasted the "guts" of it (with due acknowledgement to you) on the D & G forum.
The "she`ll be right mate", "let`s ignore it, and it will go away" mindset of some, is a great cause for concern.
Perhaps some short term, drastic measures - such as cancelling SOME flights NOW - will allow ALL of us to get back to a fully operational position much sooner than doing nothing, and helping spread SARS farther afield, faster.