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Don't worry about the coronavirus right now. Worry about the flu, which has killed ~10,000 Americans since October.

“The likelihood of an American being killed by the flu compared to being killed by the coronavirus is probably approaching infinity.” latimes.com/california/sto…
Also I just found this really helpful CDC infographic about the differences between seasonal flu (the existing flu everybody gets all the time) and pandemic flu (when there's a new type of flu). cdc.gov/flu/resource-c…
You may not remember, but the last flu pandemic (H1N1) was in 2009, it started in the United States, killed up to half a million people in the first year it circulated, and then it just... became another seasonal flu that people get. cdc.gov/flu/pandemic-r…
I think the unknown about the coronavirus freaks people out, but there's also not much you can really do about it at the moment, whereas there is much more ever-present boring killer flu that is everywhere and which can absolutely save lives just by going and getting a flu shot.
Get a flu shot.
Also not to put too utilitarian a point on this, but if there is a coronavirus pandemic, you're gonna do our flu-fighting, life-saving, resource-limited healthcare system a HUGE solid by not getting hospitalized for seasonal flus that existing vaccines can protect you from.
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