Torq
9 Mar 2020 #151
Last year, more than 80,000 people died of the flu and its complications in the United States
It's a question of how widespread a given virus is. In case of flu mortality rate is 0.1%. If coronavirus spreads as much as flu, then with 5% mortality rate it can mean 4 million deaths in the US. Also, the changes in lungs are irreversible, even in those who recover, and there are cases of people released from hospitals who got sick again.
This virus is not a flu - only the first symptoms are similar, but then it becomes much more serious.