Theoretically, except for a small number of "superinfective" individuals, in general SARS is not that infectious. "Only about 4 % of people living with SARS victims actually get SARS themselves," says Chen Chien-jen, a member of the Academia Sinica, who took over the job of minister of health only in mid-May, right in the heat of the crisis.
理論上來說，除了少數難以解釋的「超級傳染源」案例外，一般的 SARS 感染率並不高，「和病患同住的家人中，會受到染感的比例，大約只有百分之四，」中研院院士、五月中旬才臨危受命，接下衛生署長重任的陳建仁表示。