A Chinese man afraid of a growing outbreak of SARS in Beijing wears a
mask as he walks past shelves nearly emptied of instant noodles at a
supermarket April 25, 2003. Residents in China's capital stocked up on
daily necessities, like food, toilet paper and disinfectant, as more
and more people try to go out as little as possible to keep from
getting Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS). REUTERS/Wilson Chu

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