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EDITORIAL: SARS 'epidemic' overblown 

Compare these statistics with the 3,000 African children who die every day from malaria or the 430,000 Americans who die from tobacco every year. The real tragedy here is that while Americans canceled their plans to visit Asia, avoided "shark-infested" beaches, or draped themselves in mosquito netting, they largely ignored much greater problems at home and abroad. No doubt, many still have smoldering cigarettes dangling from their mouths.

In the midst of the media circus, we have lost sight of the unsensational, everyday things that will make drastic differences in our lives: putting on our seat belts, quitting smoking, . . . [This graph only]

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