To not get the panic about Corona Virus?

[speakout]

I am not getting it- can someone explain?

Less than 1000- people infected, 26 dead. Why the hype?
I understand a few pharma companies making anti virals have made a stack of money in the past week.
In global health terms these stats are insignificant surely.
Why all the headlines?
I suspect we have many pathogens jumping species barriers on a regular basis, most probably fade away and don' t make headlines.

Can someone explain.

I wonder if the OP still feels the same now.

So pathetic to bump threads like this.

So pathetic to bump threads like this.

What's 'pathetic' about it? It's a salutary warning about how fast things can change in a few weeks in public health terms, surely.

Hello everyone - we've had a few reports that resurrecting this thread is a touch unfair given recent events - benefit of hindsight and all that. We're going to close it to new posts now.