The government will not tolerate any delay in reporting, any underreporting or cover-up of SARS figures. This is going to be a rule.
Some of the most vulnerable people to getting the SARS virus are health care providers. The general public, walking in the street, there is really not that much risk at all. It's a very, very low risk - a very, very low risk.
We have conquered the SARS epidemic in 2003, and we will surely conquer the bird flu virus,
Countries in the region must learn from the SARS experience,
The SARS virus may not have much of a direct impact on U.S. growth -- though we would look for some spillover to the consumer confidence data.
Caesar's wife must be above suspicion.
We're proceeding as normal with our logistics and planning for the Christmas inventory. SARS has caused no interruptions.
The CDC is doing great work by sending our experts to other countries to help with SARS outbreaks there,
We at Sars should try to be creative, and to demonstrate goodwill. But out there, you will always have those who are being deliberately evasive. And honest taxpayers will want us to create a level playing field.
When SARS occurred no one was talking about it 6 months or a year in advance, there were no plans in place. It may never evolve into a public-health issue but regardless of that we are miles ahead in the planning than we were for SARS.