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From what I understand, a couple of things:

One problem with this thing is that it is TOTALLY different from the typical "Flu" virus.  All of us older than toddlers have some built-up immunity to the Flu.  Now there are different strains of flu and that is why we still get sick but part of the reason that the death rate is fairly low is that we do have some built-up immunity to the flu even if we aren't completely immune to the particular strain in question. 

My understanding is that the reason this is being called "Novel" coronavirus is that it is new to us entirely.  It isn't just a different strain of the usual Flu, this is a totally different virus that we have no built-up immunity to at all.  There are probably already multiple strains of this thing but any survivor of any strain would have at least some built-up residual immunity to other strains. 

I'm not a doctor and that is just from what I've read and my understanding of it.  Also, as always, remember that Abraham Lincoln said to not believe everything you read on the internet. 

Well, the entire family of coronavirii is different than the family of influenza virii. That said, coronavirii are not new. They cause many common colds.

Swine flu, bird flu, etc are variants of influenza. SARS and MERS are variants of coronavirii.

So this is called "novel" because we've never seen THIS coronavirus, but that doesn't mean we have never seen coronavirii.

Oh I don’t trust them. But I’m doubtful of the ability to pull off such a dramatic pandemic. When my choices are dramatic and reliant on a high skill level, or stupid and bumbling, I usually guess the latter.

Oh I don’t trust them. But I’m doubtful of the ability to pull off such a dramatic pandemic. When my choices are dramatic and reliant on a high skill level, or stupid and bumbling, I usually guess the latter.