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Message: <blockquote data-quote="vantexan" data-source="post: 4391990" data-attributes="member: 24302"><p>It's not the flu, and as it's a new strain of coronavirus we haven't yet built up any resistance to it.  About 82% to 84% of all cases are mild, but for serious cases it's pretty bad, and in the elderly it's pretty deadly.  That's why I mentioned Florida, which has the highest median age in the country.  Could be especially bad there.  What's insidious about this is that it can be spread while asymptomatic.  That makes it extremely difficult if not impossible to contain.  So if 5 billion people get infected and it's killing just 3% that's 150 million dead.  And in countries like India with so many in close quarters and with a poor health infrastructure the percentage could go a lot higher.</p></blockquote><p></p>