I don't think this virus should be just dismissed as nothing to worry about. Nobody knows very much about it yet, and the message that you will hear from the authorities for obvious reasons is Dont Panic.
I heard someone from the World Health Org being interviewed on Radio 4 the other night. He compared Corona to normal flu.
He said there is between 15-20% chance of you catching normal flu if you come into contact with it. It affects people in different levels of seriousness and 1% of cases prove fatal.
He then said- from the early evidence there is a 60% chance and could be as high as 80% of catching Corona if you come into contact with it. So it is highly contagious. 4 times that of flu.
Also, although BJ is telling us today that we should expect 1% of cases to be fatal, if you do the maths of cases world wide 92,300, and 3,100 deaths. That isnt 1% its more like 4%.
2 weeks ago we had 4 cases in the uk, 1 week ago we had 11, now we have 51. At that rate we are talking hundreds next week, a thousand the week after. and so on and so on.
I've stocked up the freezer, and foods with long life. Tins etc. i've got some N95 facemasks(just in case). If Mrs Croozey and I have to self isolate and sit it out for a couple of weeks i reckon we can survive without going out for 2 weeks or so. I think it's a good idea to at least have a plan.