no one know how many will die from this one and so far, the mortality rate does not look good.
Plus, now they know it is contagious before symptoms.

Yes, the coronavirus seems pretty bad. But the op is right. Tens of thousands die annually in the US from guns and car accidents. We do nothing. Thousands die from the flu, and there are hundreds of unnecessary deaths due to ignoring vaccines. We do nothing. The US is falling apart at the seams, and all we talk about is Susan Collins. The planet is burning. There a contingent fixed garbage patch in the Pacific Ocean, and we do nothing.

So, with this new virus, people will die. Then they’ll stop dying and then another crisis will arise. I’m having a hard time getting worked up.

Most of those who die from flu are elderly and already weakened and don't get health care for whatever reason, or they're young and don't receive proper care.

The Spanish Flu, on the other hand, killed healthy young adults. SARS affected people so that they needed mechanical assistance breathing, got care, and *still* died.

It's not ground for panicking, but the media needs to get clicks or get people to buy their rolled, dried, printed-on wood pulp. It's the same with politicians. It is grounds for paying attention, because this could stop at 100 or stop at 10 million.

Most "influenza" deaths are upper respiratory tract infections, and they usually don't go past that description. My mother died of an upper respiratory infection, probably the flu--but you know, nobody much cared about the details. At 84, unable to recognize her own name or feed herself, her body was waiting for a reason to stop living.

I believe the flu has a mortality rate of about .14-.15% As of today the novel coronavirus in China has one of about 3%.

The people in Wuhan, and other parts of China, are justifiably scared.