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Originally Posted by Megatron96
Everyone just needs to calm down. What's the worst case scenario again? Something like 5% of the population might die from this virus? The middle-of-the-road prognosis is around 2%? So even if you catch this thing you're about 20 times more likely to survive it than die from it?
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Correct. The panic we are seeing is evidence of how fragile our society is. Imagine if there was a massive spread of bird flu or ebola. Those viruses kill about 50% of the cases. Bird flu is especially scary to think about because of the unsanitary food markets in China.