Comment by nugget

I have a lot of very smart, research-inclined friends and it's been interesting to watch their reactions as this potential pandemic develops. About half are taking it extremely seriously (prepping and encouraging others to do the same) and have been since China declared a quarantine of Hubei. The other half are completely brushing it off with statements like "the flu kills [x] people every year anyway". It's one extreme or the other; almost nobody I talk with, who is following the storyline, has a moderate perspective.