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RE: Don't worry about foreign diseases, you're more likely to die of a domestic one
Given the unknowns about this virus we ought to take some precautions. A lot of us have parents in the high risk group if they get it. The sheer numbers of people travelling all the time is helping the spread. It reminds me of the bit at the end of Planet of the Apes (recent one) where you see the virus spreading via planes.
Precautions, yes, but I read an article in the Guardian where an epidemiologist (spelling?) stated that face masks weren't going to help. Wash your hands after travelling and don't touch your face with a hand that has touched anything you can't be sure is clean.
The detail on the numbers I quote above is that more than 90% of deaths are in the over 65s, and the next highest is in the under 5s.
So far, 1% of identified cases of this disease have ended in death, according to stats quoted by BBC News & Guardian. Better odds than cancer, but I wouldn't wish any illness on anybody.