Th fatality rate for common influenza (the "flu") in the US is around 0.2%. It kills around 26,000 people per year. The fatality rate for the coronavirus is somewhere around 1 to 3 percent in China and Italy. However, this is calculated based on those known to have it - that is, those that are "seriously ill". If the rate were to include the mild cases, those that aren't reported to a doctor, the fatality rate in China and Italy would be 80% lower. This would be virtually no different than the fatality rate for the flu. Since there has been no "healthcare collapse" in the past century from the flu, why would there be one now, for a similar disease with a similar fatality rate? IF China's numbers are accurate do you realize that they've achieved in only SLOWING the GROWTH by essentially forcing people to stay at home for the last 2 months? In other words, the virus is STILL spreading even though they've shut down the country.
Why on God's green earth would ANY country go through what EVERY country is doing to slow down or stop this IF it's effects are simply like that of the flu?