3 weeks ago the first Italian got infected. 25% of Italy is now quarantined, no way to go out and buy tinned foods, without risking a 3 months detention and 200$ fine. U.S. hospitals seemingly prepare for 96 million Americans infected, 4.3 million needing hospitalization, and 480.000 deaths, or, to explain to their bosses: "10 times a flu season from hell" on top of their regular work. [1]
Italian hospitals are proposing an age limit for admission to the ICU for viral pneumonia / breathing problems, so they can focus on the young people who will have more years to live.
In China we read that those people go home and take their last breath with their family, watching or hearing their old ones take their last breath, maybe some anti-virals if still available, maybe an open-source pandemic ventilator made by citizen scientists?
Or can we all work together, to reduce the community spread of this virus by just 1% by taking a pro-active scientific approach? 100s of thousands of Americans (or even world citizens) could be saved or improved, if we stop talking about a "carona flu" now.
[1] CDC estimates that influenza was associated with 490,600 hospitalizations, and 34,200 deaths during the 2018–2019 influenza season.
Evidence of permanent lung damage and psychological damage and kidney damage well-established. The others are by comparing SARS-CoV-1 with SARS-CoV-2.
The WHO telling you it is serious and concerning is from their latest report and findings after returning from China.
Europe is going exponential. There is now a more severe and more infectious strain identified.