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Except those same checklists were shared with H1N1, SARS, MERS-CoV and now nCoV. They are the same checklists/recommendations shared every year for season infl
by giarc 7y ago
Except those same checklists were shared with H1N1, SARS, MERS-CoV and now nCoV. They are the same checklists/recommendations shared every year for season influenza. Nothing has changed.
- jbay808 7y agoI think that in Canada at least, the government launched an information campaign to get people to cough/sneeze into their sleeves instead of covering their mouth with their hands. From my anecdotal observations, it was pretty effective in changing many people's behaviour in a lasting way.
- acid__ 7y agoTo be fair, none of those viruses received nearly the same level of news coverage nor had fear and awareness of them penetrated into popular culture in the way that 2019-nCoV has. And, many people today were only children during the 2003 outbreak of SARS (17 years ago!) so this will certainly help to reinforce it among the younger generation.
- giarc 7y agoI work in infection control in a hospital. I did this work during all but SARS. So far I'd say H1N1 was the biggest since we had many cases in all parts of the world. Sure, access to news is different these days, but we don't get the same hysteria as we did during H1N1.