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SARS was over a decade ago. When covid19 broke out, many cities in Asia were in the dark much like we were, but they utilized the same methods they battled SARS almost immediately.
The western world had more than enough information and case studies to learn how to react to an epidemic. They saw how cities like Taiwan, Korea and Hong Kong reacted with success. They just failed to react to it because the mentality is that it won't reach our shores.
To the fart analogy, this is not the first time you smelled a fart. If you know it will take your life and you choose to suck it all in. All the information in the world wouldn't have saved you.
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