| HappySqurriel said: Like most of these pandemic fears, I think people tend to over-react to how it may impact them directly while underestimating how it could impact the world on the whole ... Throughout the western world healthcare and sanitation are good enough, and the government is capable enough, to limit the spread of the illness that the risk of catching any illness is pretty low; and the probability of dying from the illness is as low as can be. Unfortunately, conditions like this are not universal and if you got a serious outbreak in (some areas of) South America, Africa or Asia tens (or hundreds) of millions of people could die of flu ... Even if you assumed that the outbreak was limited to the western world and (somewhat) contained, the damage that it can do to the local (and global) economy is actually pretty pronounced.
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I agree. I've been watching and worrying if it'll spread to countries with worse healthcare systems, and large populations. Eg: India, SouthEast Asia, and South America.
China learned from the SARS issue, so it's unlikely they will be a nation at risk.
Back from the dead, I'm afraid.
