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.
The American Hospital Association stated this will be 10X the problem of a serious flu season.
It did expect the death rate to be about 0.5%, though.
You use gross numbers instead of known ratios and numbers. So, we’ll just have to see how far the infections go so we can compare more properly.