Something funny about SARS (Panic)

No, I’m not laughing at SARS, just the way people are resonding to it. The following is an excerpt from a mail from my friend Su who is teaching kindergarteners in Taiwan:

1) I am happy to report that the three-year old set in Taiwan now knows that
“S-A-R-S” spells “SARS”. They can’t seem to keep “C-A-T” in their heads, but
I suppose that’s not quite as important.

2) The new favorite game of kids at our school is “quarantine.” It’s a fun
game where they carefully lay out half of the dolls in the play area in one
corner and tell everyone not to touch them while they play with the other
“healthy” dolls.