re: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) ***W.H.O. DECLARES A GLOBAL PANDEMIC***

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Seems like someone is buying into the "deadly virus" scare tactic

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It's about percentages. If this coronavirus does not go any further, it is no big deal - not many will remember it this time next year (unless you live in China). The problem is that it has spread from China to multiple countries and some do not seem capable of containing it there, and there are others that likely have many cases and don't have the infrastructure to even know they have it.

With the flu 0.2 % or 2000 people in every 1 million that get the flu die. With coronavirus 2.1 % or 21,000 people in every 1 million that get coronavirus die.

With approximately 350 million people in the US, if everyone got the flu 700,000 people would die. If everyone got coronavirus, 7,350,000 people would die