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SARS Stung The Global Economy. The Coronavirus Is A Greater Threat. NYT
“In 2002, when a lethal, pneumonialike virus known as SARS emerged in China, the country’s factories were mostly churning out low-cost goods like T-shirts and sneakers for customers around the world. Seventeen years later, another deadly virus is spreading rapidly through the world’s most populous country. But China has evolved into a principal element of the global economy, making the epidemic a substantially more potent threat to fortunes. International companies that rely on Chinese factories to make their products and depend on Chinese consumers for sales are already warning of costly problems.”STORY
And This: Wuhan Coronavirus Looks Increasingly Like a Pandemic, Experts SaySTORY
