Dude, every time I see your name in this thread it's more doomsday stuff. I'm not for a moment saying this situation isn't dangerous - I spent 7 years working for a microbiology firm, we carried out assays for genetic and infectious diseases and I remember the panic surrounding bird flu and later, Swine Flu - one of the red top tabloids printing a headline saying 500k WILL DIE in the United Kingdom.
Now while there's no denying Coronavirus presents a potentially far more serious and dangerous prospect than those two scenarios, you're not looking at it in a balanced fashion - and the last thing we need right now is panic, panic never helps anybody. Only a calm and rational approach to the problem brings progress. Repeating the same worst case stuff might start to lead people to believe you're relishing being the bearer of bad news.
Yes there are some young and otherwise healthy people affected, but if any reasonable person looks at the data, it becomes overwhelmingly apparent that such cases are - at present - in the absolute minority.
There was a tweet from one doctor in Italy with an anecdotal evidence of a spike in younger people presenting at the ICU. Note: One doctor, anecdotal - not solid, established metrics. If it turns out to be a trend, we'll react accordingly, but for now, the evidence remains unchanged: Most of the victims are elderly, prior ill, or immunocompromised.
