Perhaps what we can learn from SARS is perspective. There are very real threats, but they don't always have to follow a Hollywood disaster movie script, ... Flu epidemics do occur. It's part of our human experience. We've survived it before and we're in a much better position to deal with it now than ever before. We have ways to contain these things that would've been unthinkable even 10 years ago.
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