Per this document, America had 36MM admissions to hospitals last year and has 924k beds.
We survived.
As for where the fatality rate will go, here is a plot of that rate for SARS (click here for an explanation of the different patterns) :
Now, should we be protecting our borders, limiting entry from hot spots, and bolster our supplies etc? Of course. It's not like bad things can't happen here.
But the hysteria commingled with the smug, Democrat-like smarter-than-thou/you're-a-dumbass-unless-you're-as-willing-I-am-to-bow-before-experts attitude on display, is stunning. It is enough to turn off rational people, and lead them to do their own homework and ignore these climate-change philosophical cousins.