So you actually believe that China would put 50+ million people on lockdown over 81 people dead? One doesn’t turn a city of 11 million (and others) into a ghost town over the flu.
From inside China....it seems a bit more serious than a “cold”.
Everybody is trying to contain this without causing a panic that would affect the global economy....
The risk appetite of the global elite decision makers is a good bit higher as long as only peasants and commoners are dying.
https://www.liveleak.com/view?t=aNLJk_1580091920
"In Shanghai, the government has stopped businesses from returning to work until 10 February. The ban applies to all companies apart from utilities, medical firms, medical suppliers, and supermarkets."
(Shanghai, with a population of 24.2 million as of 2018, it is the most populous urban area in China and the second most populous city proper in the world. Shanghai is a global center for finance, innovation, and transportation, and the Port of Shanghai is the world's busiest container port.)