I would love to believe the story—I really would—but the all the data is going the other way...
That would be nice, but I see some errors in their reporting.
From the Article
“Worldwide, there have been about 3,400 coronavirus deaths, out of about 100,000 identified cases. Flu, by comparison, grimly reaps about 291,000 to 646,000 annually.”
3400 of 100,000 is 3.4%. The Flu rate is 0.1% according to the CDC. Also the 3.4% includes bad data that includes data from China. I think President Trump is right the death rate will be lower then 3.4%.
I trust the South Korea data over all countries report.
South Korea has tested well over 150000 people. Today the total confirm cases is 7478 with 53 deaths. That is a 0.7% rate. 0.7% is worse then the Flu rate of 0.1%.
Going by South Korea numbers I expect the rate for the USA to be between 0.3 to 0.6% depending on how the USA CDC and local governments responds. Could be as low as 0.2 but I have my doubts on how the big cities will respond
Yes the virus is not going to kill everybody, it will be mainly people who have heath conditions and the senior citizens just like the flu.
Coronavirus update: Princeton U. to start mandatory virtual classes, tells students to stay home after spring break - https://www.nj.com/coronavirus/2020/03/coronavirus-update-princeton-u-announces-mandatory-virtual-classes-tells-students-to-stay-home-after-spring-break.html