Ok, how is that relevant? Coronaviruses collectively have been known for a long time, this was also true when the SARS outbreak occurred, is true during MERS.

Ok, how is that relevant? Coronaviruses collectively have been known for a long time, this was also true when the SARS outbreak occurred, is true during MERS. Likewise influenza was well known before the 1917 pandemic, or H1N1.. and?