> It does seem to be true that countries which experienced the SARS epidemic first-hand developed what we might call institutional antibodies, and were quick to

> It does seem to be true that countries which experienced the SARS epidemic first-hand developed what we might call institutional antibodies, and were quick to impose various controls (especially contact tracing) which were more effective at controlling COVID-19. Ironically in some ways it had the opposite effect in Canada. We remembered how hard-hit Toronto's tourism industry was as a result of travel advisories from SARS-1 and so were initially supportive of China+WHO's argument against banning travel. But like you said, it's really hard to see this not being a pandemic either way, it might've just bought a bit of valuable time.