Rumors of SARS spread deep into Chinatown in Chicago. It was reported, a Chinatown health clinic had treated two patients with SARS and the clinic was closed and quarantined by the Health Department. The doctor who treated the patients had himself been admitted to the hospital. Though the clinic has been open since April 11, the tale hurts the business in Chinatown. Interviews of business men in Chinatown by Monica Eng (Chicago Tribune, Apr. 14, 2003), Bill Tam, owner of the Gourmet Food restaurant said "our business is down at least 50 percent." His business was hurt badly by the rumor that his cook was died of SARS. Says Mary Gleason, a sales co-ordinator of the International Trade Emporium, next to Chinatown Square, "in the past three weeks, business has gone to almost nothing. The vendors are scared, the customers are scared." Business of Chinese herb shops was also reported slow, but ba lun gen, a Chinese herb believed to cure SARS, was sold out.