I agree, complacency has been the bigger problem. Was with my son-in-law this afternoon who is an NHS GP and he is clear that corona virus is far more serious than seasonal influenza. That is because there is no herd immunity, it is because it is unlikely to be seasonal in the way flu is and it is because for those who are badly affected, they need hospitalisation - in a mass outbreak, with 20% hospitalisation, healthcare systems will buckle.
More should have been done in the early stages on containment. On which topic, Japan appears to be doing far, far better than Italy which is a centre for spreading the virus across Europe and it is where the infection rate is exponentially increasing thus far.
Originally Posted by: Maunder Minimum