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Re:Scientists who say the lab-leak hypothesis for SARS-CoV-2... by fighterpilot on Saturday April 10, 2021 @07:36AM (#26760739)
The counterfactual is hard to reason about. SARS-1 was contained because international travel was restricted immediately after the first few cases. Once you seed multiple countries with it, competence matters for little.
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Re:Scientists who say the lab-leak hypothesis for SARS-CoV-2... by chrischen on Saturday April 10, 2021 @03:38PM (#26764410)
Sars 1 made it to the US and many countries. Short story was it was contained because it was much more deadly, and transmission was tied to symptoms so it was more easily detected.

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/why-did-the-world-shut-...

One of the first things done by the Trump administration was close borders with China, but it was not enough.

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