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Why Did the World Shut Down for Covid-19 but Not Ebola, SARS or Swine Flu?

• duxup 7y ago
  Ebola specifically is hard to spread in a first world situation. Not to say it wouldn't somewhat, but the opportunity to spread through someone who is noticeably ill or dead direct fluid contact in the first world is super low.
• xhkkffbf 7y ago
  Not to be conspiratorial about it, but the conspiracies seem to make more sense to me than the official explanations.
  • perl4ever 7y ago
    Is that your opinion after reading the linked article?
• foxyv 7y ago
  COVID-19 has symptomless spread and occurred during the peak of Flu/Cold season. SARS, Ebola, and Swine Flu were easy to catch with a simple thermometer and some basic contact tracing. COVID-19 required an RNA test and blanket testing of general population to find all cases. We just didn't have the infrastructure to deal with that kind of virus.