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[sytelus]

So really, how bad is this? Per article less than 400 people have died in the country with over a billion people.

[hkai → sytelus]

It's not bad at all. CNN showed its incompetence again with headlines like "Hong Kong turned into a ghost town".

And then I went out and people are playing in the park, doing sports, going shopping, eating at restaurants - all the same except the horrifying crowds of tourists, which are gone.

We do work from home though, something that a Hong Kong employer wouldn't usually allow.

[flukus → sytelus]

Here's a page putting it into perspective against other recent outbreaks: https://ncov.r6.no/

On day 23: Swine Flu: 27 deaths 8541 infected, SARS: 119 deaths 2160 infected, Coronavirus: 361 deaths 16768

It's not quite 12 monkeys territory but it does have the potential to kill a lot of people worldwide.

[tim333 → sytelus]

>The real number of coronavirus cases is more than 75,000, according to a scientific model that says the outbreak will double in size every 6.4 days (businessweek)

Doubling every 6.4 days gets big fast. If it kept up that rate, which it won't, the world's population would all have it within 4 months. While it won't be that bad it has the potential to quickly run amok and kill many millions.

[jacquesm → sytelus]

So far.