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Can only asian people get sars?

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Dr. Craig Brownanswered

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No: Anyone exposed is susceptible.

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Dr. Ecaterina Sartinaanswered

Pediatrics 37 years experience

No: Anybody could get it.

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Dr. Heidi Fowleranswered

Psychiatry 27 years experience

SARS: Oh my gosh, no. SARS or Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome which began in 2003 and died out by 2004 was a novel coronavirus which meant everyone was susceptible to infection.

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