对于SARS，我们应该持一种健康的忧患态度，并采取审慎措施防止其蔓延。但是惊恐却会生出所惧怕之事物：对战争的惊恐会导致一个国家采取发动战争的措施；滑雪者一旦开始怕摔跤就会摔倒；因SARS而产生的惊恐则会削弱我们的免疫系统，从而使我们更容易感染上这种可怕的疾病。
We need to have a healthy fear of SARS and to take prudent steps in preventing its spread. But panic fear creates what it fears. Fear of war leads a nation to adopt measures which unleash war. A skier falls as soon as he/she begins to be afraid of falling. The panic which is generated by SARS will weaken our immune system, which will make us more susceptible to this dreaded disease.
