[Worldtraveler once upon a time]

--- "C-19 is a SARS virus and there is only one other known SARS outbreak, 2002-2003. That one had a mortality rate of 9% . The other similar virus was MERS in 2015, that one had a death rate of over 30%."

Would you care to support your assertions with sources? I fidn them assertions wildly incorrect.

[CatHerd]

Here ya go:

“The World Health Organization (WHO) today estimated the overall fatality rate for SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome) patients at 14% to 15%, significantly higher than previous estimates. The agency estimated the rate for people older than 64 years to be more than 50%.”

https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2003/05/estimates-sars-death-rates-revised-upward

“From April 2012 till October 2022, a total of 2600 laboratory-confirmed cases of Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) were reported globally, with 935 associated deaths at a case-fatality ratio (CFR) of 36%. The majority of these cases were reported from Saudi Arabia, with 2193 cases and 854 related deaths (CFR: 39%).”

https://www.emro.who.int/health-topics/mers-cov/mers-outbreaks.html