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What happened when SARS hit?

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Janice88 · 08/03/2020 21:35

can someone tell me what happened back then? Was it like what’s happening now?

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SkaLaLand · 08/03/2020 21:36

No, not even close.

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AnyFucker · 08/03/2020 21:37

Pretty much nothing

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DramaAlpaca · 08/03/2020 21:37

Nothing happened. Nothing at all.

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SkaLaLand · 08/03/2020 21:38

www.nhs.uk/conditions/sars/

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Farahilda · 08/03/2020 21:39

www.nhs.uk/conditions/sars/

The death rate in confirmed cases was quite high. But it did not seem to be as infectious. 4 cases in the UK.

So a fair amount of concern about what could happen with a novel virus, but the actual outbreaks never became worryingly widespread

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Janice88 · 08/03/2020 21:44

Only 4 cases in the UK??

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ThunderboltandLightning · 08/03/2020 21:44

It killed it's victims too quickly for it to be able to spread and was not particularly contagious. An effective virus is one which can spread easily without killing it's host.

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Janice88 · 08/03/2020 21:55

Only 8000 cases worldwide and 700 deaths. Not even comparable to what’s happening now!!
Is the the mother of all pandemics????

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AndromedaPerseus · 08/03/2020 21:59

SARS cases were mainly confined to SE Asia and the reaction there was pretty much like it is here for CORViD-19 now

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bitheby · 08/03/2020 22:18

It was on the news a lot and everyone in the affected areas was eating masks but that didn't happen here at all.

I think HIV was more scary, in terms of the public service announcements on TV etc.