Would you treat someone with sars or swine flu knowing you can possibly die?

Yes: Healthcare providers take risks everyday to take care of patients with potentially lethal diseases. We take precautions, especially when dealing with communicable diseases, but acquiring a serious disease comes with the territory.

No: You only treat when you know that you have the disease. There are things that the government does to prevent the spread of the disease. This include vaccination. There are times were the risk of the patient developing the infection is very high and at times we give medication to prevent the disease, but it is only in a setting were the patient is at very high risk of catching the disease.