How am I downplaying anything? Research viruses related to the flu and 2019-nCoV is within that family. Infection period for these are two weeks give or take. There have been recoveries, if this was as deadly as Ebola the chance of recovery is minimal. With 2019-nCoV it’s around 50% or more I would gather.
What does this mean concerning 2019-nCoV:
100 people infected and have a compromised immune system or not fully developed, with proper medical treatment in as early as possible the chance of recovery is good, if any other variable the chance of recovery is low if not at all. This can skew statistics of infection as it can be reported that 100% of infected died.
on the flip side if healthy people got infected the chance of recovery is greater and it will be reported that a low percentage failed to recover, however it will not state what type and timely treatment was in place or taken. It will be reported that a few have fallen victim.
You see statistics can be manipulated to project anything anyone wants, reality is that it’s a flu, it does not last long without a host, the infection period is more or less known, using proper safety process like washing hands, etc will reduce you chance of contracting it to begin with.
We don’t know if this has mutated, but let all just overreact. Who cares the world is going to end with Climate Change. /s