The thing to watch is the southern hemisphere. There are very few cases right now in South America or Australia -- and so far I can't find any evidence of pers

The thing to watch is the southern hemisphere. There are very few cases right now in South America or Australia -- and so far I can't find any evidence of person-to-person transmission on either continent. If the outbreak continues to fail to take hold there for even just a couple more weeks, then it seems likely that the northern-hemisphere outbreak will die down when the season ends. Other coronaviruses and most human respiratory viruses generally exhibit very strong seasonality. It seems likely that this virus will too. But, again, watch the southern hemisphere. Of course, the flu is seasonal -- and returns every year. Even if this does burn out in late spring, it may be back next year.