[Mount Athos]

sars in 2002-2004 was a coronavirus, was scary in asia but didn’t do much in the west. It also was respiratory disease.

Bird flu, sars, coronavirus were all chinese origin.
I don’t think the plot is so surprising

[exDemMom]

sars in 2002-2004 was a coronavirus, was scary in asia but didn’t do much in the west. It also was respiratory disease.

SARS had a higher death rate and caused more severe symptoms than Covid-19. In general, the more deadly a virus is, the less likely it is to spread.