Today the bad news is that the ascertained patients (5,974 in China, over 6,000 counting the rest of the world) exceeded the number of Sars infected in 2002-2003. The good news is that the dead (132) are one sixth of that time. Mortality around 3%. And the new daily infections would have decreased: 1,459, therefore about 300 less than the 1,771 on Monday. Maybe the quarantine works, or maybe there are not enough test kits and so the response on subjects under late observation. The most famous Chinese virologist is optimistic: peak within 10 days. He is an expert on Sars and we hope he is right. A team of researchers in Australia has successfully developed a laboratory version of the coronavirus identified by the Chinese. They say it is very important to find countermeasures. The pharmaceutical industry that finds the vaccine first will make a lot of money.