Is this virus really bad?

Yes. It attacks the respiratory system. It is not the flu. The flu doesnt immediately attack the lungs. It only travels there if cases are severe ,and it turns into pneumonia. This one has a much higher mortality rate. And we are not prepared to deal with it .we do not have the proper medication for treatment and prevention. And we can only know so much in a few months of dealing with it. With limited resources.

If you look at the volume of case statistics and death rates by country (and those are probably understated for a variety of reasons) it's about as bad as it can be, justifying the "pandemic" title.

If you listen to the people who have had it describe it and what they went through to recover, it doesn't sound like something anyone with sanity would want.

It really is that bad.

to date (07 march 2020 1700 UTC)

total confirmed infections 1,381,014
total deaths: 78,269
total recovered 292,973

so about 1 million people currently from a virus that did not even exist 6 months ago... I reckon thats pretty bad as a virus would be

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To the typical everyday individual with a healthy immune system, I don't believe it's anymore dangerous than the flu. I think how society is reacting to it has been much more harmful than the actual virus.

Yes, please follow government advice and stay indoors unless absolutely necessary.

Other than a war, have you seen anything else hurt the world this much in recent time?

It has killed tens of thousands of people. To be able to say it is not bad is a privilege.

For some patients not too bad, for some patients fatal. So yes.

People are dying really bad because they can’t get away from each other.
The only reason this hasn’t killed millions already is because we are doing what we are told and staying separate from each other.
It isn’t that complicated.

The body count is the tell

No

Ah yes?

Its bad because people are willing to buy anything their TV tells them and follow directions blindly. If they are told " kill your baby cause he has covid...". THEY . WILL.

It's only as bad as they make it on the news and tell*a*vision

It's not good, but I think the way it is being reacted to is bad. They've gone too far with the control. Now it's as if they think we don't know how to live or manage our lives. Everywhere you turn someone is dictating how to exercise and spend our time.

What happens when the next one comes or the next one? Can't shut down the world every time.

Well 5 to 6 thousand a day dying at the moment and no cure in sight. Is that serious ??

Is the sky blue?

Yes it is

Very much so!!

Yes

Very

It's bad but people do like to exaggerate too.

One of the worst days for china still didn't even remotely surpass the deaths on that exact same day world wide from other causes -

yes

No

Yes. It is killing lot of people daily. 😔

Yes, it can kill you

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