SARS1 didn't have this effect. MERS didn't have this effect. And a number of other recent viruses didn't either. But every time there were people "predicting"

SARS1 didn't have this effect. MERS didn't have this effect. And a number of other recent viruses didn't either. But every time there were people "predicting" the worst. This time they were coindentially correct. Not because they "knew", but because chance.