[user_50123890]

Ehh.. https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=2010-07-01%202...

Seems that people only started searching SARS in december by which the new coronavirus was already public knowledge or at least public rumor

[owl57]

If you zoom in, "December" here mostly means 12/31, the exact day the virus appeared in public news: https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=2019-12-09%202...