That's because the chance of catching SARS is infinitesimal: China has 1.3 billion people, of whom fewer than 6,000 are infected.
Allocating one part of the country for the NIH study and excluding cases in that area from the ring vaccination trial would not work, Smith says, because the likelihood of catching Ebola is only big enough in the area around Conakry, the capital, where the WHO-MSF study has already started.
A fire extinguisher was kept handy because of fear of catching the magnesium wheel on fire.
In addition to direct and indirect communication activities, the regulations against culturing, harvesting, consuming and selling high-risk foods in the dioxin-polluted areas in Da Nang City must be strictly implemented as soon as possible because the actions of catching fish, prawns, and crabs were still observed in some dioxin-contaminated lakes surrounding Da Nang Airbase.
We do not wish to use nets because of the dangers of catching other marine life.
People are not going to the hospitals or clinics because they are frightened of catching Ebola; some hospitals have been totally taken over by Ebola patients.
My seats were excellent - in the lower tier, at the 30-yard line - but they might as well have been standing-room only, because the only hope of catching more than a fleeting glimpse of the field during play was to stand.
It is thought that the rebels spared the hospital from destruction because they were afraid of catching Lassa fever.
People tend to avoid those who have TB because they are scared of catching TB.
They bury dead chickens and never eat them because they are afraid of catching bird flu.
I hope they will remove this garbage, because we are afraid of catching diseases", says Nadira.
