Making basic mistakes:
1. Don't just compare numbers. Compare the underlying dynamics and probably distributions
2. Exponential growth is deceptive in the beginning. Would rather be paranoid early than be scared later.
3. Reducing/ get rid of connectivity is the key
4. Local communities are extremely important in the war against epidemic disease
Originally Posted by BigLouie
And, do something that nobody will do.
Stop any flight from China.
But even tha won’t work. A infected guy from a China can be flying to France, get off the plane and transmit it to a person flying from France to the US, then he thinks he has the flu. Goes to the doctor, exposes everyone in the waiting room, and so on.
It’s a joke now. Wait 6 months from now and see just how opportunistic this little bug can be.