The problem is that nobody knows whether this virus will behave like that. Flu does, as did SARS. But MERS has no issues with killing people in Saudi Arabia in

The problem is that nobody knows whether this virus will behave like that. Flu does, as did SARS. But MERS has no issues with killing people in Saudi Arabia in 50 degrees Celsius. That this virus is prevalent during winter time is simply a coincidence - it has started in November and most countries affected happen to be in the northern hemisphere where we are coming into spring only now. However, there are documented cases in Australia and New Zealand too - which have late summer now.