To start, @NYTimes on 1/23 begged the question of whether COVID could be as bad as the 2003 SARS outbreak, ending w/ a quote from the US Chamber of Comm in HK Pres saying “it’s too early to panic."

COVID has killed 265x the # of ppl SARS did (& counting) https://t.co/iohyFUX6oa

— Drew Holden (@DrewHolden360) April 28, 2020