>All the recent outbreaks of viruses like this have originated from East Asia.
That's not true. Swine flu came from Mexico and MERS, as the name implies, started in the Middle East
That's not true. Swine flu came from Mexico and MERS, as the name implies, started in the Middle East
Swine flu has been around for much longer, at least for 100 years.
The first outbreak of SARS-CoV was identified in Foshan, Guangdong, China, in November 2002.
Thats almost 20 years ago.
Also Swine Infulenza does not originate from Mexico.