ABSTRACT
It struck suddenly. And it struck with devastating consequences. In 2003, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome — SARS, as it quickly became known — swept across the globe at frightening speed. Within weeks it spread from southern China, through parts of Asia, to North America and Europe, on a journey that was at first characterised by confusion and denial; subsequently fuelled by fear and sensationalism, finally to be stopped by decisive action and global co-operation.
