Well one concerning statistic is the 20% of cases that require hospitalization. Not sure what that is for the standard flu but I suspect its not that high. If t

Well one concerning statistic is the 20% of cases that require hospitalization. Not sure what that is for the standard flu but I suspect its not that high. If the hospitals are full like what happened in Italy and China and people who need medical help can't get it, it seems like the death rate is much higher like 3.5% vs. .1% for the standard flu. The virus really is mostly a danger for the elderly and so the public health goals are slowing the spread, flattening the curve so that the people who get it whose immune systems aren't able to overcome it as well can get the medical help that they need vs. being told to go home and die like they have had to do in Northern Italy. Also the difference in asymptomatic incubation is a lot higher than the flu so people can spread it w/o realizing it. I read flu has max of 4 days incubation with typical period of 1.5 whereas this has a mean of 5 and max of 14, and possible shedding during asymptomatic period so you could be infecting people a lot longer before you get sick and its harder to trace all contacts.