And how many millions of people live in China? This is infinitesimal.
106 deaths out of 1.4 billion people is indeed infinitesimal.
But it’s the exponential spread combined with the death rate that is the concern.
If half of China’s 1.4 billion people get it, that’s 700 million and if 2% of them die, that’s 14 million deaths.
That’s a lot of if’s, but the potential death count is exactly why this needs to be treated very seriously and efforts to stop the spread need to be undertaken.
By contrast, if 50% of Americans got it and only 1% died, that would still be 1.6 million Americans.
That certainly warrants quarantining the 120 people currently being followed. At least until we know more.