Yikes :
"Canada is the only country outside Asia where people have died of SARS, which is spreading around the globe via air travel.
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. this week banned staff travel to Toronto on SARS worries, and other companies are cutting back on travel.
SARS, or Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, "has the potential to be a significant problem here if it were to get out of control, considering what happened in Toronto," said Stephen Sokalski, director of infectious diseases at Advocate Christ Hospital in Chicago. "That could happen here."
The disease has sent thousands into quarantine in Canada, putting a dire strain on the country's health care system
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http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...hospitals_dc_1
U.S. Hospitals Brace for SARS as Cases Inch Up