Maybe the emergency is less about severity and more about the urgency of attempting containment. The possibility has been raised that if this goes global, it c

Maybe the emergency is less about severity and more about the urgency of attempting containment. The possibility has been raised that if this goes global, it could become an illness that, like the flu, just sort of continually floats around and we're stuck dealing with it. We don't really want another such illness. If freaking out about it right now can even move the needle on the odds of avoiding that scenario, it might be a good plan.