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Was SARS the ancestor of COVID?

Was SARS the original COVID? 12 Jul 2024 --- In all of our modern human history, nothing shook us quite like the 2020 COVID lockdowns. It seems like forever ago already, but try to remember just how weird it all was. One day we were going around touching doors and politely coughing on each other, the next you can’t get a sandwich at a deli. Flights were grounded, trailers were shipped to hospitals just to handle the dead bodies, and mandatory quarantines brought out the absolute best and worst in humans. We still haven’t recovered from it. But keep in mind the name of the virus: COVID-19. That’s short for “coronavirus disease 2019”. This was not our first brush with the bug, which is caused by the SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome) virus. It was by far the deadliest, with over 7 million deaths and counting, but it was just a strain of a pathogen that the world had been dealing with since around 2002. Much like you download the newest iOS on your phones, the SARS virus has been installing its own updates over the last two decades. The reason you may not have remembered them very well is most likely the passing of time, and the way the news cycles constantly refresh. But make no mistake: these could have very well taken some random bad turns, and thrown the world into chaos just like COVID-19 did. → Subscribe for new videos at least twice a week! https://www.youtube.com/c/biographics?sub_confirmation=1 Love content? Check out Simon's other YouTube Channels: Geographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIw TopTenz: https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznet Eric Links: Free Cosmic Horror Ebook: https://dl.bookfunnel.com/1cw07o2uyb Storyrant: https://www.youtube.com/@UC6Sk2h2WsYMxnGERAH_FbGg OEI analog horror experiment: https://www.youtube.com/@UCsz5l0hY67TGoJR0CZiWVnA Karl's Socials: Fact Fiend: https://www.youtube.com/ @FactFiend Wiki Weekends: https://www.youtube.com/ @wikiweekends Untitled Side Channel: https://www.youtube.com/ @untitledsidechannel Twitter: https://twitter.com/KarlSmallwood Further Reading: https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/24/asia/china-sars-coronavirus-intl-hnk/index.html https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/14/hong-kong-hotel-hosted-super-spreader-in-the-2003-sars-outbreak.html https://www.archives.gov.on.ca/en/e_records/sars/report/v2-pdf/Vol2Chp3i.pdf https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7106206/ https://interestingengineering.com/health/the-2003-sars-outbreak-a-timeline https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN1ZL133/ https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2003/04/25/0000203407 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9603420/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK92467/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

William Adams: The English Samurai Who Captivated Shogun #sponsored

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Chef Boyardee: Bringing Italian Gastronomy to America #sponsored

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PHIL HARTMAN : The Tragic Life of an SNL and Simpsons LUMINARY

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John Ritter: From Three's Company to Obscurity? #sponsored

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