The table in this article says that 0 Americans died from SARS (and this virus is 70% similar to that one, according to the article about it, which I've linked in another comment here), but then the map down the page says that 4 people did -
The thing most people forget about SARS is it happened in 2003 and there was not the kind of international travel to and from China like there is today. Populations were also more isolated as they hadn't really started shipping people into cities and the people lived a bit more in rural areas
The table in this article says that 0 Americans died from SARS (and this virus is 70% similar to that one, according to the article about it, which I've linked in another comment here), but then the map down the page says that 4 people did -
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Severe_acute_respiratory_syndrome#History
The thing most people forget about SARS is it happened in 2003 and there was not the kind of international travel to and from China like there is today. Populations were also more isolated as they hadn't really started shipping people into cities and the people lived a bit more in rural areas
Plus, these things normally only kill people who are in weak health. Like, newborns and old people. This new one is killing medical staff.
Ehh... there was plenty of air travel, international and domestic, in china the early 2000’s
To the same extent?