I listened to the Ologies podcast about coronavirus that I talked about on the other thread. It was OK. Very science-y and not scaremongering and there was a lot of good information about how these things actually work in terms of how long they can survive on surfaces and how they're actually pretty rubbish in the air. You're not going to get it from just being near someone who has it. That person would have to cough onto their hand, shake yours, and then you touch your face before washing your hands. They also said masks were useless and should be for people working in hospitals only.
There was a good discussion about the replication rate (?) which was basically trying to work out how many other people one infected person could pass the virus onto. The expert said that as the virus can't stay airborne and be breathed in, it's likely to be low, more similar to flu than something like measles. She also discussed the epidemic curve, said that China are over the worst and seeing things level off and decline, and that we'll see the same too.
It's important to remember that China saw its first cases on New Year's Eve, and the cause was identified as a coronavirus on 7th Jan. That's only 64 days ago. The virus has peaked, and is now declining. We are in a MUCH better position than the Chinese as we have 64 days of studies and research behind us. So it's fair to assume that in another 64 days (or less) we're going to be seeing sharp declines too.
64 days from today is, coincidentally, my birthday :-) So if that's a sign, I don't know what is.