May I ask why you think that? All of the media sources would have been saying the same thing. TV, radio and newspapers all would have had the same message.
Like I said, I was a senior in high school that year, so I may be remembering the times differently than an adult of the time would.
If you imagine this as being said by Billy D. Williams it almost sounds convincing. “Works eeevery time!”
Billy D., where art thee?
Stranger
Western economies weren’t nearly as interlinked with China’s, which meant far less travel back and forth. This may have at least slowed the spread throughout the rest of the world.