Relax, the new SARS cousin isn’t that scary

For mortality risk watchers who are waiting with morbid fascination for the “next Spanish flu”, the new “coronavirus” that has made headlines in the Middle East may prove to be a bust. Although the SARS cousin has killed at least two people from Saudi Arabia and put a man from Qatar in the hospital, it has a hard time spreading. But the virus could still be a contender: scientists are studying it to see if it could gain the ability to spread.