This is definitely worse than the common flu.
All numbers show this to be true.
No, they don't.
I do not deny it is contagious. However, the US alone has had more deaths from the common flu than there are worldwide *cases* of this corona virus.
And yes--I also recognize the need to protect those who are already compromised by other issues, as those are the people that this seems to be killing.
I'm not dismissing this as nothing, but it is nowhere near as severe as you, and the media, wish it was.