I don't think we're going to avoid the virus...but I think the President and the administration are starting to put things into perspective to soften the blow. They're talking about all the flu deaths all the time. I think they're doing this so that when we get up to 40,000 deaths they can say "The flu kills more than that". When it gets up to 140,000 they'll say "Strokes kill more"(146,000). When it gets up to 600,000 they'll say "heart disease kills more" (647,000). When it surpasses that people will be used to it.
I should say "if" and not "when" on those speculations.