Get Real: no drug or vaccine will avoid a very big coronavirus epidemic

Re:Get Real: no drug or vaccine will avoid a very big corona... by pavelrub on Wednesday March 04, 2020 @12:36PM (#22485779)

1. It is both more contagious and lethal than flu. There were estimates that 40% to 70% of the world population will eventually get infected. Depending on how the world responds to this - millions might die.

2. This isn't flu. The same amount of people will die from flu this year as last year. COVID-19 deaths are additional deaths on top of that. Saying that we shouldn't worry about it because every year many of people die of flu, is like saying that we shouldn't make a big deal of the 2004 Indian tsunami because many people die of drowning anyway.

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Re:Get Real: no drug or vaccine will avoid a very big corona... by the_af on Wednesday March 04, 2020 @12:41PM (#22485833)

To be clear, I'm not saying we shouldn't worry. We should worry about the flu too. And if COVID19 is more dangerous, we should definitely look into it.

I'm just questioning the panic-mongering. We should be scientific about this, not panic like those guys in the media.

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