Global spread of the outbreak began on the 21st of February 2003, when a physician from the HZS2 Hospital traveled to "Hotel M" in Hong Kong. Although he did not attend atypical pneumonia patients in HZS2, his health quickly deteriorated and he was admitted to a hospital in Hong Kong on the 22nd. During his short stay at Hotel M, a super spreader event transmitted the disease to 16 guests who subsequently spread the disease to Toronto, Singapore, Vietnam and then beyond. The indication of a new global emerging virus respiratory threat was first reported by Dr. Carlo Urbani, MD in Vietnam to the WHO on February 28th, resulting in a global alert notification on March 12th. Tragically, Dr. Urbani became infected while treating patients and subsequently died from SARS infection, a fate shared by many other health care professionals who were engaged in treating patients suffering from this new disease. Importantly, Dr. Urbani's sacrifice focused global resources on the new epidemic disease, resulting in the rapid implementation of public health measures, diagnostic criterion, and the scientific research community which undoubtedly saved countless of lives globally (Peiris et al., 2004) .