All of this kind of stuff was discussed as possibilities every time one of these weird things popped out of China. SARS, MERS, Bird Flu, etc.
Those other ones never got that bad (SARS and MERS) throughout the entire world, and for whatever reason, CV-19 has got a lot more people way more concerned than the Bird Flu did.
Did the meat workers and everyone else get sick with the Bird Flu and just keep working? Or they took sick days (or died) and nobody really thought much of it. For all the talk that the Bird Flu killed so many more folks than CV-19, I’m guessing that it is the quick rate of increase that has folks spooked with CV-19. There are some animated charts on youtube that compare CV-19 with all the other big diseases since 2000 and it is pretty astounding.
Don’t they shut down for the flu?
Or other common colds?
Asking for a friend...