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Please. The death rate from this current virus is low.

There’s a new flu every year because viruses mutate and that’s why so many are infected. This is following exactly the same pattern. In this case it seems to be fatal mostly to older people or people with respiratory problems. For the rest, it’s a bad experience but they recover.

Sensible people get a flu vaccine because while it may not be accurate...some years the CDC has picked the wrong virus...generally it helps.

There will be a vaccine for this, but by then the disease will probably have disappeared or mutated into something else. That’s the life of a virus. Even so, I bet there are a lot of anti-vax folks on FR who would not get an anti-wuhan virus shot no matter what.

Wash your hands and stay healthy.

I'm in high risk group due to cancer. But, regardless, please store a few weeks of food in case a cluster breaks out in your area. You might be right and it will be a nothingburger. But, preparation is just good common sense given what we DO know at this point.

My "agenda" on here is not to convince people how bad this is or could be, but to counter those who are convincing people to take unnecessary risks. Those in a high risk group (and some who aren't) could well suffer greatly as a result of listening to the "it's nothing" crowd. I wouldn't want that blood on my hands.

It appears to be deadly to the elderly...because it hasn’t hit a grammar school yet.

Listen to what the talking heads are saying. And, also how they say it. It tells you everything you need to know.