AMERICOONING: Hmm. Trend-flack Faith Popcorn may have something right here. A friend with business interests in China writes:

Looks like no China trips in the near future. SARS is really going to be a downer for the economy if not controlled soon. No one that I know feels its worth the risk to travel there now. We had planned a family trip to France for the summer, but none of us wants to go now. It is incredible that things have changed so much in such a short time.

Indeed.