I hate overly precise numbers - based on what I've read, my one sig. fig. estimate for people under 50 is 0.5% mortality for coronavirus and 0.05% for the flu.

I hate overly precise numbers - based on what I've read, my one sig. fig. estimate for people under 50 is 0.5% mortality for coronavirus and 0.05% for the flu. So I do believe that coronavirus is ten times more lethal, but I am currently a lot more worried about the crazy things people do or may do in response. If I caught it, I would be mainly concerned about the social consequences, the quarantine, etc. On the other hand, having everybody work from home that can, why not? I mean, there are so many things that would be far more unpleasant or desperate later on, and if it reduces the spread even a little, it seems logical to do. In my workplace, they just put up posters on the bathroom doors saying wash your hands and stuff. Yes, there's one in every office,* but still...if everybody has a laptop, the person at the top needs to just say, everybody go home for the next month. They aren't going to do it until the hysteria reaches a tipping point though. *and I don't mean one poster