Almost all of this is from what I have read and heard yet I am certainly no proffessional, these are my views on Corona Virus and why time is the key.
Everyday that goes by is a step closer to understanding this illness, if antibodies are being developed to make people much less likely to get full blown symptoms again but crucially, everyday without this we are closer to an anti-virus.
Many of us will get this but the attitude of many was to ignore advice and not take this seriously but all they have to do is look at Italy, listen to their doctors and nurses and watch some documentaries or short vids on their current plight.
Italy has far more beds and ventilators than we have and we are said to be 2-3 weeks bvehind them so without drastic change we were set to be an Italy plus situation, it could have been dire.
In the Sky short video i watched they said in the hospital they were filming in every single bed was taken and al but one of the patients on ventilators had made no progress towards recovery with the exception of one single Male, the doctors were also saying that many in their 30's and 40's were needing ventilators, the death rate was lower than that of the old but the issue comes when these people young or old cannot get a bedd, thats when the death rate spirals and to think in developed and civilised countries that that could happen in this day and age is the real shock for us all.
Quite simply this has caught us all cold, govenments werenot prepared but as a once in a century shock to the system maybe this can be forgiven to an extent, however it can never be allowed to happen again and I'm sure we'll all learn from this but the honest truth is that Ignorance is the real killer here, listen, respect advice and we will all save lives.
The light here is that in China there are minimal newcases yet hundreds of recoveries daily, this suggests that they peaked and are developing immunity. Italy also seems to be peaking, possibly so in the next 2-3 weeks we should have much clearere understanding of the lifespan of this virus.
My only worry would be on the accuraccy of these figure and the full and open honesty within them whilst theother key point is that we all implement and adhere to the same strict limits on movement which is what is working in these other countries.
Long term there will be an anti virus, usually this could take a minimum of 18 months to 2 years but projections suggest we could get there within 6 months, the whole world is working on this on an unprecedented scale and so we should see records broken and show what we can all do when we pull together.
The worry for me is that we aren't all helping poorer countries with their situations, Iran for example are their numbers all above board and honbest as there was a clear attempt to hide those early on. We could erradicate the bug from our country on;y to see it return in a year or two on a form which is above and beyond the anti virus that has been developed, thats a worse case scenario but some virus's are capable of mutating far more than others so it is in all of our interest to share the information and ideally to develope a medicine which is affordable for all as if Italy has struggled, imagine what will happen in far poorer countries when this virus really hits those.
Limiting the spread and buying time really is the answer here, at least short term and then as Op suggests if many more do get it then it will be a simple case of taking your medicine, just for now, take this seriously and protect those around you, better that than regrets!