The sars pandemic was one that like terrorism threatened the world to turn up in any place at any time and infect a whole group of people without thinking twice about it. The sars virus was put under scrutiny after several deaths in eastern countries and then the rapid spread of the infection around the world after the first confirmed cases. The terror at the time of this outbreak was keeping people at home from work and from school while others braved public spaces with masks with were a pathetic attempt to prevent the virus from passing from one person to another.

Sars quarantine zones were set up in many countries where the infection was said to have traveled. The high temperature and other symptoms of the infection made it difficult to determine at first until other signs became more obvious. Until such times as the patient was cleared of all infections they would be isolated for the safety of the public.