It’s not the zombie apocalypse. It’s not likely to be quite as bad as the 1918 (Spanish) Flu pandemic.
It IS probably going to cause several times the average number of deaths we see from flu. Hospitals will probably be overloaded with pneumonia patients and elective surgeries may be postponed. Airlines are cutting flights and businesses are cutting travel and doing more videoconferencing. Most people who get this virus will have mild symptoms. The true fatality rate per person infected is lower that the case fatality rate quoted on tv - likely only 0.3 - 0.6%, maybe 1.0 % at the worst - not 2%. Alcohol will kill it on surfaces, as will bleach. Wash your hand with soap and water of us alcohol based hand sanitizer. Quarantines and school closures will be starting in the next few weeks somewhere. Be prepared.(Opps. School closures in Oregon just announced due to infected school employee). Depending on your line of work, you may have your hours cut. Anticipate whether you will need extra funds to get by. It may or may NOT be seasonal - nobody knows for sure.
