Why did SARS disappear without spreading further?
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As above, you could quarantine people one symptoms were exhibited and contact trace back. It was very easy to spot SARs early on because people got really sick really fast, this also limits spread because most people wouldn’t socialise while feeling as poorly as SARs made people.
Unlike covid-19 where it appears to be infectious before symptoms and symptoms build slowly so you don’t feel any more poorly than the common cold when infectious.
However also because it had a very high death rate, people took it more seriously and acted promptly. Lots of countries who have taken Covid-19 seriously are managing to contain it the way SARs was contained. So it’s partly political choices.
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