[Traveller]

Originally Posted by Mr Quatro

This flu season for type A and B has already claimed 14,000 lives what happens if this new one gets mixed in with 26 million America's already having experienced the flu.

https://www.voanews.com/science-heal...rus-fears-rise

Yes. The seasonal flu usually kills around 10,000-60,000 Americans each year. This coronavirus is 40x deadlier and way more infectious. That is why experts are so worried about it becoming a pandemic. If it does, there will be perhaps be up to 2 to 5 million deaths in the US alone within a year.