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by user_50123890 2202 days ago
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

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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...