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Re:Japan to fund firms to shift production out of China by redis_mlc on Thursday April 09, 2020 @07:41PM (#22828418)
I don't agree. SARS-1 and SARS-2 are both highly contagious and had similar effects on decimating hospital staff.

You can read the effect on Toronto hospitals in 2002 by SARS-1 to get an idea of the panic it caused, wiping out whole ICU teams. Just like SARS-2 (Covid-19.)

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Re:Japan to fund firms to shift production out of China by FooBarWidget on Thursday April 09, 2020 @10:38PM (#22829448)
Wiping out ICU teams is a property of lethality, not so much contagiousness. Only 8000 people was infected by sars 1 and China didn’t even have lockdown at the time. The contagiousness and long incubation times are key this time. Otherwise you may as well compare it to Ebola.
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