People are reading too much into aberrations from the norm, which happens with any disease, leading them to conclude the novel coronavirus is something extraord

People are reading too much into aberrations from the norm, which happens with any disease, leading them to conclude the novel coronavirus is something extraordinary, when none of the evidence supports that at all. It is of course unique, like all viruses, and has its own distinctive pathophysiology, but nothing about it stands out as exceptional. Influenza can also cause all kinds of deadly complications in rare cases, and in fact is significantly more deadly for the under 65 population than the coronavirus.