[Tiwaz]

On the 22nd of April, about 4000 people were infected with the virus. Until then, 220 people had died. So if you take 220 out of 4220 people, that's a mortality rate of about 5%.

From what I hear, the disease is not as contagious as the Spanish flue was back in 1918, but still, it gives man a reason to worry about. It could get ugly, yes.

Question is: The victims, were they mostly elderly and weak people, or...?

If the mortality rate amongst normal healthy and young people is very low, then there's a chance SARS will be under control quite quickly. Maybe finding a vaccine will not be too hard then (remember, people who don't die but had the disease have anti-bodies).

Spanish flue caused 25 million victims within a year, worldwide. In 1918-1919.