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“The mortality rate of patients with 2019-nCoV infection was lower than that of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SRAS) and Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (M
by toptal 7y ago
“The mortality rate of patients with 2019-nCoV infection was lower than that of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SRAS) and Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS).”
Is this a typo or are they politicizing SARS here so people think it’s something else?
- Spare_account 7y agoI can't see any typos in your quoted text. Am I missing something obvious?
- creato 7y agoSRAS vs. SARS
- KuiN 7y ago> (SRAS)
- jobigoud 7y agoSRAS instead of SARS, Maybe?
- Spare_account 7y agoWow, how did I miss that. Sorry everyone
- sambe 7y agoPoliticizing how?
- jsjddbbwj 7y agoHow is making the typo SARS vs SRAS politicising anything?
- toptal 7y agoThere was a mention last week that WHO would not reference SARS anymore, out of fear of widespread panic. Hence my question.
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- YawningAngel 7y agoErr... Not obviously? They're comparing it to a similar recent respiratory epidemic that raised concerns of a pandemic. That could be politically motivated, but it strikes me as reasonable and it's a commonly drawn comparison.