[toptal]

“The mortality rate of patients with 2019-nCoV infection was lower than that of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SRAS) and Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS).”

Is this a typo or are they politicizing SARS here so people think it’s something else?

[YawningAngel]

Err... Not obviously? They're comparing it to a similar recent respiratory epidemic that raised concerns of a pandemic. That could be politically motivated, but it strikes me as reasonable and it's a commonly drawn comparison.

[sambe]

Politicizing how?

[Spare_account]

I can't see any typos in your quoted text. Am I missing something obvious?

[jobigoud]

SRAS instead of SARS, Maybe?

[Spare_account]

Wow, how did I miss that. Sorry everyone

[creato]

SRAS vs. SARS

[KuiN]

> (SRAS)

[jsjddbbwj]

How is making the typo SARS vs SRAS politicising anything?

[toptal]

There was a mention last week that WHO would not reference SARS anymore, out of fear of widespread panic. Hence my question.