So, I guess experts are saying that it's very unlikely that this will be contained, and it will become an endemic disease just like the cold and flu.
A vaccine being available in a year's time is an optimistic projection.
I'm kind of curious as to how many people have died of the regular flu since the first known novel coronavirus infection. I understand that this new disease is about ten times deadlier than the flu, though hearing "this many thousands died in China, this many tens died in Italy," etc. would probably be put in perspective for me if I knew how many died of the flu in that same amount of time. Like, it's hard to tell where this will fall between a "it sucks because more people are going to be dying from a new disease, but for most of us, life will just kinda go on" thing, and a "BRING OUT YOUR DEAD, BRING OUT YOUR DEAD!" thing.
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