in8, wow, that's really interesting that there were other outbreaks. Logically it makes sense, epidemiologically I always found it hard to believe that SARS was limited to just one city in North America but I'm just surprised that it was kept under wraps so well. I find it hypocritical given that people are yelling at China for not being open enough about their information on the avian flu when they keep stuff like that under wraps.
Hey, does anyone remember what happened to flu numbers in the US last year? I know they had to ration things because most of the flu stockpile last year was contaminated and had to be destroyed and they couldn't get enough to replace the stocks. I only ask because it was such a big issue at the time and they had to ration who got it (health care providers, the elderly etc) while the remaining people had to hope for the best.
It might give an indication as to what might happen if the avian flu suddenly acquires human-to-human transmission capabilities.
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