I think the memory of SARS is a factor in both cases. China had first hand memory of SARS as a scary illness. The west mostly thought of SARS as "that thing t

I think the memory of SARS is a factor in both cases. China had first hand memory of SARS as a scary illness. The west mostly thought of SARS as "that thing that mostly stayed in China". So I guess if there's any good news, it's that for the next one, many more of us will have some frame of reference for how bad it can get.