The problem I see is, while it's contagious for person-to-person transmission (don't know about animal-to-human), there is no vaccine. Thus, if you get it, then you have to be quarantined until you are healthy again. How many people will do self-quarantine in their own home? Thus, the authorities want to set up quarantine places in empty warehouses and military bases elsewhere which becomes a problem in and of itself. In California, we are facing a decision of using a military base or a populated suburban area --
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ETA: Here are the chances:
"While more than 80% of patients are reported to have a mild version of the disease and will recover, about one in seven develops pneumonia, difficulty breathing and other severe symptoms. About 5% of patients have critical illness, including respiratory failure, septic shock and multi-organ failure."
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