If people think this is bad, wait until they hear about influenza
Since October 2019:
13,000,000 18,000,000
flu illnesses
5,900,000 8,500,000
flu medical visits
120,000 210,000
flu hospitalizations
6,600 17,000
flu deaths
With Influenza it has been here for quite some time now and there is already treatment for it but with the Coronavirus it's very new and people tend to get scared of new viruses which comes out of nowhere and are very deadly as a matter of fact. Chinese authorities should be commended for enforcing a citywide quarantine on Wuhan with a population of 11M people just to stop the spread of the virus.