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by James_Henry 2314 days ago
It is a highly virulent flu with the same risk factors and no vaccine for those that are at high risk. It may not be something to worry about, but I'd think we should do something to prepare.
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Absolutely, but the news is causing a low level panic as they do report numbers, but don't emphasize what the numbers mean. I guess that's also the viewers fault as the math is grade school simple.
The news seems to mainly be reporting the 2% death rate when in fact it's more like 9% currently, so the panic could get much worse still.
Someone need to prepare explanation of numbers for them, but nobody did.