SARS

A wealthy enclave during the epidemic, Beijing

A wealthy enclave during the epidemic, Beijing

Behind high gates the rich cowered from SARS.JPG

Across the country villagers set up quarantines.

Across the country villagers set up quarantines.

Chau Tau Market in Guangzhou where the SARS epidemic started from live civets .1.JPG

Across the country villagers set up quarantines.

Across the country villagers set up quarantines.

Chau Tau Market in Guangzhou where the SARS epidemic started from live civets .2.JPG

Across the country villagers set up quarantines.

Across the country villagers set up quarantines.

Chau Tau Market in Guangzhou where the SARS epidemic started from live civets .3.JPG

Across the country villagers set up quarantines.

Across the country villagers set up quarantines.

Chau Tau Market in Guangzhou where the SARS epidemic started from live civets .4.JPG

Across the country villagers set up quarantines.

Across the country villagers set up quarantines.

Chau Tau Market in Guangzhou where the SARS epidemic started from live civets .5.JPG

Across the country villagers set up quarantines.5.jpg

Chau Tau Market in Guangzhou where the SARS epidemic started from live civets .6.JPG

Across the country villagers set up quarantines.jpg

Chau Tau Market in Guangzhou where the SARS epidemic started from live civets .7.JPG

Across the country villages set of quarantines, keeping SARS out by keeping people out .jpg

Chau Tau Market in Guangzhou where the SARS epidemic started from live civets .8.JPG

Across the country villages set of quarantines, keeping SARS out by keeping people out (2).jpg

Chau Tau Market in Guangzhou where the SARS epidemic started from live civets .9.JPG

Across the country villages set of quarantines, keeping SARS out by keeping people out.jpg

Chau Tau Market in Guangzhou where the SARS epidemic started from live civets .10.JPG

Amoy Gardens complex, where SARS surged, Hong Kong.jpg

China's CDC didn't have a rapid test for SARS so the only way to guess who was infected was fever.jpg

Amoy Gardens shopping mall, where SARS incidence was especially high.jpg

Delivering food to a quarantined building.jpg

Amoy Gardens, Hong Kong.jpg

During the epidemic Hong Kong had handwash stations throughout the subways and shopping malls.jpg

Eventually authorities stopped people fleeing Beijing if they had fevers or symptoms of SARS.1 .jpg

Eventually authorities stopped people fleeing Beijing if they had fevers or symptoms of SARS.2.jpg

Eventually authorities stopped people fleeing Beijing if they had fevers or symptoms of SARS.3.JPG

Eventually authorities stopped people fleeing Beijing if they had fevers or symptoms of SARS.4.JPG

Eventually authorities stopped people fleeing Beijing if they had fevers or symptoms of SARS.5.JPG

Eventually authorities stopped people fleeing Beijing if they had fevers or symptoms of SARS.6.JPG

Eventually authorities stopped people fleeing Beijing if they had fevers or symptoms of SARS.7.jpg

Eventually authorities stopped people fleeing Beijing if they had fevers or symptoms of SARS.8.JPG

Eventually authorities stopped people fleeing Beijing if they had fevers or symptoms of SARS.9.JPG

Eventually authorities stopped people fleeing Beijing if they had fevers or symptoms of SARS.11.jpg

Eventually authorities stopped people fleeing Beijing if they had fevers or symptoms of SARS.14.JPG

Eventually authorities stopped people fleeing Beijing.jpg

Fear gripped all in Beijing, even the wealthy.JPG

Fear gripped Hong Kong, in part because eerybody knew Beijing was covering up the truth.jpg

Finally, in June 2003 China declared the epidemic was over.jpg

Food shopping in Beijing.jpg

From Shanxi to Hubei to Beijing I saw the epidemic stopped by setting up fever stations, and forcing everybody who had a temp to go to a fever hospital.1.jpg

From Shanxi to Hubei to Beijing I saw the epidemic stopped by setting up fever stations, and forcing everybody who had a temp to go to a fever hospital.2.JPG

From Shanxi to Hubei to Beijing I saw the epidemic stopped by setting up fever stations, and forcing everybody who had a temp to go to a fever hospital.3.jpg

From Shanxi to Hubei to Beijing I saw the epidemic stopped by setting up fever stations, and forcing everybody who had a temp to go to a fever hospital.4.jpg

From Shanxi to Hubei to Beijing I saw the epidemic stopped by setting up fever stations, and forcing everybody who had a temp to go to a fever hospital.5.jpg

From Shanxi to Hubei to Beijing I saw the epidemic stopped by setting up fever stations, and forcing everybody who had a temp to go to a fever hospital.6.JPG

From Shanxi to Hubei to Beijing I saw the epidemic stopped by setting up fever stations, and forcing everybody who had a temp to go to a fever hospital.7.jpg

From Shanxi to Hubei to Beijing I saw the epidemic stopped by setting up fever stations, and forcing everybody who had a temp to go to a fever hospital.9.jpg

From Shanxi to Hubei to Beijing I saw the epidemic stopped by setting up fever stations, and forcing everybody who had a temp to go to a fever hospital.10.JPG

From Shanxi to Hubei to Beijing I saw the epidemic stopped by setting up fever stations, and forcing everybody who had a temp to go to a fever hospital.11.JPG

From Shanxi to Hubei to Beijing I saw the epidemic stopped by setting up fever stations, and forcing everybody who had a temp to go to a fever hospital.12.JPG

From Shanxi to Hubei to Beijing I saw the epidemic stopped by setting up fever stations, and forcing everybody who had a temp to go to a fever hospital.13.jpg

From Shanxi to Hubei to Beijing I saw the epidemic stopped by setting up fever stations, and forcing everybody who had a temp to go to a fever hospital.14.JPG

From Shanxi to Hubei to Beijing I saw the epidemic stopped by setting up fever stations, and forcing everybody who had a temp to go to a fever hospital.15.jpg

From Shanxi to Hubei to Beijing I saw the epidemic stopped by setting up fever stations, and forcing everybody who had a temp to go to a fever hospital.16.jpg

From Shanxi to Hubei to Beijing I saw the epidemic stopped by setting up fever stations, and forcing everybody who had a temp to go to a fever hospital.17.JPG

From Shanxi to Hubei to Beijing I saw the epidemic stopped by setting up fever stations, and forcing everybody who had a temp to go to a fever hospital.18.jpg

From Shanxi to Hubei to Beijing I saw the epidemic stopped by setting up fever stations, and forcing everybody who had a temp to go to a fever hospital.19.jpg

From Shanxi to Hubei to Beijing I saw the epidemic stopped by setting up fever stations, and forcing everybody who had a temp to go to a fever hospital.20.JPG

From Shanxi to Hubei to Beijing I saw the epidemic stopped by setting up fever stations, and forcing everybody who had a temp to go to a fever hospital.21.jpg

From Shanxi to Hubei to Beijing I saw the epidemic stopped by setting up fever stations, and forcing everybody who had a temp to go to a fever hospital.22.JPG

From Shanxi to Hubei to Beijing I saw the epidemic stopped by setting up fever stations, and forcing everybody who had a temp to go to a fever hospital.23.jpg

From Shanxi to Hubei to Beijing I saw the epidemic stopped by setting up fever stations, and forcing everybody who had a temp to go to a fever hospital.24.JPG

From Shanxi to Hubei to Beijing I saw the epidemic stopped by setting up fever stations, and forcing everybody who had a temp to go to a fever hospital.25.jpg

From Shanxi to Hubei to Beijing I saw the epidemic stopped by setting up fever stations, and forcing everybody who had a temp to go to a fever hospital.26.JPG

From Shanxi to Hubei to Beijing I saw the epidemic stopped by setting up fever stations, and forcing everybody who had a temp to go to a fever hospital.27.jpg

From Shanxi to Hubei to Beijing I saw the epidemic stopped by setting up fever stations, and forcing everybody who had a temp to go to a fever hospital.28.jpg

From Shanxi to Hubei to Beijing I saw the epidemic stopped by setting up fever stations, and forcing everybody who had a temp to go to a fever hospital.29.jpg

From Shanxi to Hubei to Beijing I saw the epidemic stopped by setting up fever stations, and forcing everybody who had a temp to go to a fever hospital.30.JPG

From Shanxi to Hubei to Beijing I saw the epidemic stopped by setting up fever stations, and forcing everybody who had a temp to go to a fever hospital.31.jpg

From Shanxi to Hubei to Beijing I saw the epidemic stopped by setting up fever stations, and forcing everybody who had a temp to go to a fever hospital.32.JPG

From Shanxi to Hubei to Beijing I saw the epidemic stopped by setting up fever stations, and forcing everybody who had a temp to go to a fever hospital.33.jpg

From Shanxi to Hubei to Beijing I saw the epidemic stopped by setting up fever stations, and forcing everybody who had a temp to go to a fever hospital.34.JPG

From Shanxi to Hubei to Beijing I saw the epidemic stopped by setting up fever stations, and forcing everybody who had a temp to go to a fever hospital.35.jpg

From Shanxi to Hubei to Beijing I saw the epidemic stopped by setting up fever stations, and forcing everybody who had a temp to go to a fever hospital.36.jpg

From Shanxi to Hubei to Beijing I saw the epidemic stopped by setting up fever stations, and forcing everybody who had a temp to go to a fever hospital.37.jpg

From Shanxi to Hubei to Beijing I saw the epidemic stopped by setting up fever stations, and forcing everybody who had a temp to go to a fever hospital.38.jpg

From Shanxi to Hubei to Beijing I saw the epidemic stopped by setting up fever stations, and forcing everybody who had a temp to go to a fever hospital.39.jpg

From Shanxi to Hubei to Beijing I saw the epidemic stopped by setting up fever stations, and forcing everybody who had a temp to go to a fever hospital.40.jpg

From Shanxi to Hubei to Beijing I saw the epidemic stopped by setting up fever stations, and forcing everybody who had a temp to go to a fever hospital.41.jpg

From Shanxi to Hubei to Beijing I saw the epidemic stopped by setting up fever stations, and forcing everybody who had a temp to go to a fever hospital.42.jpg

From Shanxi to Hubei to Beijing I saw the epidemic stopped by setting up fever stations, and forcing everybody who had a temp to go to a fever hospital.43.jpg

From Shanxi to Hubei to Beijing I saw the epidemic stopped by setting up fever stations, and forcing everybody who had a temp to go to a fever hospital.44.jpg

From Shanxi to Hubei to Beijing I saw the epidemic stopped by setting up fever stations, and forcing everybody who had a temp to go to a fever hospital.45.jpg

From Shanxi to Hubei to Beijing I saw the epidemic stopped by setting up fever stations, and forcing everybody who had a temp to go to a fever hospital.46.jpg

From Shanxi to Hubei to Beijing I saw the epidemic stopped by setting up fever stations, and forcing everybody who had a temp to go to a fever hospital.47.jpg

Hand cleansing stations were ubiquitous in Hong Kong.jpg

Health authorities deliver food to a quarantined building.JPG

Health workers were deeply distrusted, partly thanks to corruption, so fighting SARS meant lots of pro-HCWer propaganda .jpg

Here is where SARS cases were treated in Shanxi before the new containment hospital was erected.jpg

Hong Kong understood that the key to stopping SARS was proper infection control inside its hospitals .jpg

Hong Kong's epidemic was open in March 2003, but mainland China was covering its up, adding to fear in HK.jpg

Hotel Metropole was where a frightened SARS patient from Guangzhou fled, spreading the virus to HK and to other hotel guests.jpg

In 7 days Beijing built a SARS hospital complete with negative pressure rooms and then the feat was repreated all over the nations, here, Shanxi.1 .jpg

In 7 days Beijing built a SARS hospital complete with negative pressure rooms.1 .jpg

In 7 days Beijing built a SARS hospital complete with negative pressure rooms.2.jpg

In 7 days Beijing built a SARS hospital complete with negative pressure rooms.3.jpg

In 7 days Beijing built a SARS hospital complete with negative pressure rooms.4.jpg

In 7 days Beijing built a SARS hospital complete with negative pressure rooms.5.jpg

In 7 days Beijing built a SARS hospital complete with negative pressure rooms.6.jpg

In 7 days Beijing built a SARS hospital complete with negative pressure rooms.7.jpg

In 7 days Beijing built a SARS hospital complete with negative pressure rooms.8.jpg

In 7 days Beijing built a SARS hospital complete with negative pressure rooms.9.jpg

In 7 days Beijing built a SARS hospital complete with negative pressure rooms.10.jpg

In a village north of Beijing the elders said no outsiders allowed , in hopes of keeping SARS out, even if it hurt their vegetable sales.1.JPG

In a village north of Beijing the elders said no outsiders allowed , in hopes of keeping SARS out, even if it hurt their vegetable sales.2.JPG

In a village north of Beijing the elders said no outsiders allowed , in hopes of keeping SARS out, even if it hurt their vegetable sales.3.JPG

In a village north of Beijing the elders said no outsiders allowed , in hopes of keeping SARS out, even if it hurt their vegetable sales.4.JPG

In a village north of Beijing the elders said no outsiders allowed , in hopes of keeping SARS out, even if it hurt their vegetable sales.5.JPG

In a village north of Beijing the elders said no outsiders allowed , in hopes of keeping SARS out, even if it hurt their vegetable sales.6.JPG

In a village north of Beijing the elders said no outsiders allowed , in hopes of keeping SARS out, even if it hurt their vegetable sales.7.JPG

In a village north of Beijing the elders said no outsiders allowed , in hopes of keeping SARS out, even if it hurt their vegetable sales.8.JPG

In a village north of Beijing the elders said no outsiders allowed , in hopes of keeping SARS out, even if it hurt their vegetable sales.9.JPG

In a village north of Beijing the elders said no outsiders allowed , in hopes of keeping SARS out, even if it hurt their vegetable sales.10.JPG

In a village north of Beijing the elders said no outsiders allowed , in hopes of keeping SARS out, even if it hurt their vegetable sales.11.JPG

In a village north of Beijing the elders said no outsiders allowed , in hopes of keeping SARS out, even if it hurt their vegetable sales.12.JPG

In a village north of Beijing the elders said no outsiders allowed , in hopes of keeping SARS out, even if it hurt their vegetable sales.13.JPG

In Beijing everybody wore masks all the time, even out in fresh air.JPG

In Hong Kong health officials understood, long after the epidemic was over, that clean hands were crucial to hospital safety.jpg

In the wealthy gated commuities of Beijing's super-rich fear kept everyone indoors.JPG

Inside a special infection control unit built in Hong Kong after SARS.jpg

Inside Beijing, unable to leave, wearing two masks at a time.jpg

Late April in Beijing, where even outdoors people wore masks against SARS .jpg

Nearly empty Forbidden City amid SARS.1.JPG

Nearly empty Forbidden City amid SARS.2.JPG

Nearly empty Forbidden City amid SARS.3.JPG

Nearly empty Forbidden City amid SARS.4.JPG

Nearly empty Forbidden City amid SARS.5.JPG

Nearly empty Forbidden City amid SARS.6.JPG

Nearly empty Forbidden City amid SARS.7.JPG

Nearly empty Forbidden City amid SARS.8.JPG

Nearly empty Forbidden City amid SARS.9.JPG

Nobody has ever really figured out why these Amoy Gardens Towers had different rates of SARS -- one was the highest in Hong Kong, the other quite low .jpg

On April 20, 2003 the government admitted it had SARS in Beijing & over next 36 hours 250,000 people fled the city, taking the virus nationwide.1.jpg

On April 20, 2003 the government admitted it had SARS in Beijing & over next 36 hours 250,000 people fled the city, taking the virus nationwide.2.jpg

On April 20, 2003 the government admitted it had SARS in Beijing & over next 36 hours 250,000 people fled the city, taking the virus nationwide.3.jpg

On April 20, 2003 the government admitted it had SARS in Beijing & over next 36 hours 250,000 people fled the city, taking the virus nationwide.4.jpg

On April 20, 2003 the government admitted it had SARS in Beijing & over next 36 hours 250,000 people fled the city, taking the virus nationwide.5.jpg

On April 20, 2003 the government admitted it had SARS in Beijing & over next 36 hours 250,000 people fled the city, taking the virus nationwide.6.jpg

On April 20, 2003 the government admitted it had SARS in Beijing & over next 36 hours 250,000 people fled the city, taking the virus nationwide.7.jpg

On April 20, 2003 the government admitted it had SARS in Beijing & over next 36 hours 250,000 people fled the city, taking the virus nationwide.8.jpg

On April 20, 2003 the government admitted it had SARS in Beijing & over next 36 hours 250,000 people fled the city, taking the virus nationwide.9.jpg

On April 20, 2003 the government admitted it had SARS in Beijing & over next 36 hours 250,000 people fled the city, taking the virus nationwide.10.jpg

On April 20, 2003 the government admitted it had SARS in Beijing & over next 36 hours 250,000 people fled the city, taking the virus nationwide.11.jpg

On April 20, 2003 the government admitted it had SARS in Beijing & over next 36 hours 250,000 people fled the city, taking the virus nationwide.14.jpg

People who stayed in this HK hotel traveled on to Vietnam, Singapore, Beijing, Toronto taking SARS to 31 countries.jpg

Police impose quarantines on buildings with known SARS cases.jpg

Praying for protection from SARS in Hong Kong.jpg

Preventing spread of SARS in a Beijing hospital.jpg

SARS fear was everywhere, even in the wealth suburbs of Beijing.JPG

Scrubbing Beijing tourist sites.1.jpg

Scrubbing Beijing tourist sites.2.jpg

Scrubbing SARS off the Beijing Summer Palace.jpg

Serious warnings persisted in Hong Kong hospitals long after the epidemic ended, like this one warning that you could catch the virus while changing contact lenses .jpg

The Amoy Gardens condo complex has the highest incidence of SARS in Hong Kong .JPG

The head of the Amoy Gardens condo association thoughts rats were spreading SARS.jpg

The sign for this Beijing disco claims it;s SARS-free.jpg

The virus spread rapidly inside hospitals, so Hong Kong instituted tough infection control.jpg

Trapped inside Beijing for Mayday.jpg

Trapped inside Beijing, students feared SARS and rumored repression .jpg

Two years after the epidemic Hong Kong hospitals had special infection control chambers like this.jpg

Usually corwded Tianamen Square during SARS.JPG