SARS is horrible. Your bigger worry will be if bird flu comes here..70% fatality rate. oh, and another one...the hemmoragic fevers (ebola, and others)85% fatality rate.
Ok, everybody has to die. I'm not sure I want to go the way of the above mentioned. Vomiting up your liver does not sound pleasant.
Alpha, you may decide, in the future, that you want kids. It's a personal choice. When I was your age, everybody told me I'd want kids. I disagreed. I wanted to adopt...didn't want to go thru the PG thing, AND I am a musician, and sometimes it involves some travel. It's much harder when there are children involved, and I didn't want to give up my ability to go where I want, when I want. I put a lot of thought into this, the pros and cons. So, in the end, I thought it best if I didn't have any children.
Some people change their minds, some don't. Nothing wrong with either...though I sure wish people would think it out more, sometimes. AprilH/aka Killer