Notso Fantastic,
Thank you for the informative and level headed post. The media has indeed taken hold of this one and made fear spread worse than the disease itself. Media reports that have compared aircraft to rats as disease spreaders - this is more than irresponsible journalism. There are no doubts that people are sick, but everyone needs to keep it in perspective, as your post indicates. Hopefully the legs on this story, and SARS run out quickly so Cathay (and people) can get back to good health.
Cheers