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To: Katelew who wrote (702742)	2/2/2020 4:00:20 PM
From: skinowski	1 Recommendation Recommended By LindyBill Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793936

Perspective... during the 2017-18 flu season in the US there were almost 45 ml (symptomatic) cases and a little over 61 thousand deaths. The odds of dying after contracting the flu were 0.136%. cdc.gov The original estimates for the Wuhan virus was 2-3%. Now, it seems, the rate for the “World ex-Hubei” is about 0.2%. Still a lot higher than for flu. SARS was a worse killer, but it wasn’t quite as infectious. Not like the flu - or Wuhan. Besides, Influenza is a known evil. This one is new, unknown - and potentially more severe.