Medically I’m a know nothing but so far I juse don’t see it bing any big deal. If, say, the Corona virus surpassed the flu in deaths anytime soon, maybe.
It’s not the flu. It is more contagious, has higher lethality and has stealth capabilities. In addition, this thing puts a higher percentage of its victims in the ICU.
It seems that a new cadre of “but, flu” newbies show up on every thread. Go do some reading. But here’s a spoiler: even if there are zero new cases worldwide, the death toll from the 60,000+ currently infected will overtake this year’s US flu deaths in about a month in Wuhan alone. This thing puts a much higher percentage of its victims in the ICU and once the medical infrastructure is saturated, that percentage will most likely die. Anywhere we lose containment will have this happen.