Originally Posted by SamirD

This isn't necessarily a bad thing if a high percentage of these people get well quickly and on their own. That points to the death threat being a lot lower than initially portrayed.

If everyone has a cold at work no one is panicked over it because the death percentage is low. If this ends up with the same death rate, it won't matter if the whole planet is infected since this won't be the extinction level event it is currently being made out to be.