Outpatient careThe eye clinic is one of the most crowded areas, with many patients. Suboptimal infection control strategies in the clinic may inadvertently help the spread of SARS infection and jeopardize the whole community infection containment policy.How surprising is this from your point of view?RICHARD MCGREGOR: I don’t think it’s surprising at all on any number of levels. I’m sure the Americans try to hack into the Chinese systems as well, but perhaps the Chinese media doesn’t publicise that, or isn’t able to.BRENDAN TREMBATH: Richard McGregor says only last week there was a report that China hacked into German Government systems and it was raised in talks between the leaders of the two nations.RICHARD MCGREGOR: I think this kind of thing happens all the time, but I think the fact that these stories are coming out is evidence of the fact that the Chinese have an interest in, and are involved more so than other nations, in testing the computer systems of Western countries.BRENDAN TREMBATH: The US President George W.