I really do feel like the whole situation is being sensationalised by the media. I'm not saying that it's something that we need to ignore, only that it's really not as bad as the media are making it out to be.

I have a friend (I know, hard to believe!) who until December worked with a major cruise line and a couple of our friends are currently on ships that have confirmed cases of Coronavirus onboard. The general consensus from them is that (at the minute at least) they are no worse than if they had the flu, not collapsing in the street like the media want us to believe

Obviously, those with pre-existing medical conditions are more likely to receive more ill-effects from it, but all of these 'precautions' that we are needing to take are things that you should be doing anyway!