I think it's important to know the symptoms of SARS so that you don't start questioning every cold or sinus headache or cough.

"Symptoms of SARS:
Fever- a fever (measured temperature greater than 100.4°F [>38.0°C])
Headaches
General feeling of discomfort
Body aches
mild respiratory symptoms
and a dry, nonproductive cough"

I've heard that SARS feels VERY severe and acute when you get it...like being hit by a MAC truck, like you'll never breathe again. And some people never do. There are special places to go in Toronto for diagnosis. But if you're like Andy Barrie (CBC radio), you could end up sitting on a bench outside in the rain for 3 hours waiting to be seen at a SARS clinic - the clinic he went to doesn't have an indoor waiting area (that may be the norm, I don't know). Andy said that if he didn't have pnemonia going into this, he probably did after sitting out there on that bench.

~b.w.