Originally Posted by Globalist

I am living in Singapore which is unfortunately the county with the second largest group of infected people (45). There are luckily no fatalities yet but 6 are deemed critical, 7 have seems recovered and are discharged from the hospital.

There is hardly any disruption to daily life, all you see is less people on the street. There is a lot of unnecessary panic.

I do not wear a mask out in the street, I still do my 5k runs in the Gardens by the Bay, I go to shopping centers and the shelves of my neighborhood supermarket are not empty.

The virus seems to spread fast, but the mortality rate is low. If you are generally healthy there should not be a reason catching the virus would mean you die. and being sick for a week is not a bad thing if you get GGL in return for a year

As TMT has said, if you are generally sensible with your hygiene practices you can minimize the risk.
Wash your hands more often (minimal 20 seconds wash with soap).
Avoid large public events.
Airports are generally safe places as passengers are temperature screened now at several points. Passengers from certain areas are not allowed in etc etc. Where airports and airplanes are generally at risk areas, I don't feel that this risk has increased and I have travelled to many airports in the past during flu season and did not get sick.

It is natural for family members to be concerned, but as an avid status chaser myself I would not be concerned yet especially for the May departure.

Globalist