SARS more deadly and less transmissible. There were plenty of countries that still ended up having enough advance notice, including the United States (Italy was

SARS more deadly and less transmissible. There were plenty of countries that still ended up having enough advance notice, including the United States (Italy was already getting screwed by covid at the time), yet that did it no good. Plus, we don't exactly trust the Chinese government in the first place, so using it as an excuse just sounds downright lazy.