WHen I searched on Google, search results have been flooded with the word Asian and Corona Virus because there's now panic that non-Asians will respond to Asians with racism because of Corona.
You may like the NYT article today.
Here's a quote re Death Rate:
On Friday, government scientists estimated that the figure could be below 1 percent, roughly the rate occurring in a severe flu season.
https://www.nytimes.com/article/what-is-coronavirus.html
Even if true the ultimate death rate doesn't really matter. What matters is the number of people that NEED hospitalization in order not to die. If there were plenty of doctors, nurses, respirators and other needed equipment and the rate of transmission stayed very low then yeah, the death rate would be relatively low. BUT we know that a significant portion of people who get it need hospitalization.
Look I'm not trying to beat a dead horse here but that's the ONLY explanation why every government on earth is reacting as if they're terrified of this thing...it's going to crash at least the medical system if left unchecked.