First, to be clear, I agree we do not have a dire problem here in Canada yet. However, there seems to be lots of members on here that don't know basic math. Just about all internet sources cite the coronavirus death rate as > 2% (not .2% or .02%) - which is fairly accurate based on around 900 deaths over 40,000 infected (at last count). Per quote below, the common flu death rate is about .05% so yeah, around 40x is about right. In fact, the .05% death rate for the common flu is very generous and based on other data on the internet, it actually appears to be much lower than this. Plus, the way coronavirus spreads asymptomatically (and possibly even airborne) makes it way more lethal. This not about fear mongering but just stating the correct numbers. Everyone needs to do what's best for them. I'm staying aware but it hasn't stopped me from hobbying and in fact, I just went today.
"So far this flu season, about 0.05% of people who caught the flu have died from the virus in the U.S., according to CDC data.
The death rate for 2019-nCoV is still unclear, but it appears to be higher than that of the flu. Throughout the outbreak, the death rate for 2019-nCoV has been about 2%."