Time to get a grip and put SARS panic epidemic into perspective

By Terry Prone

Mon, 28 Apr, 2003 - 01:00

There inside one remark stand all the contradictions of the SARS panic.

Even if that man never buys a mask, even if he heads for Beijing right away and follows that trip with a dirty weekend in Toronto, he is much more likely to die of smoking than of SARS.

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