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> Overestimates of the severity of the threat have much less harmful consequences than underestimates. We didn't take the estimates for SARS and h1n1 as "serio
by easytiger 7y ago
> Overestimates of the severity of the threat have much less harmful consequences than underestimates.
We didn't take the estimates for SARS and h1n1 as "seriously" as now, and they are just as if not worse than this.And look what happened.
- notahacker 7y agoI think Asian countries took the estimates pretty seriously. I think both would have been worse if they didn't, especially SARS.
- barrkel 7y agoSARS was more lethal and more infectious than COVID-19. It was however easier to contain because there wasn't much asymptomatic transmission, and the incubation period was short. Those two things are what makes COVID-19 more dangerous in practice.