I dont know why people dont think this is a big deal.
If an Aircraft crashes and 200 people die every one shits themselves and they ground aircraft.
This virus is so far killing more than a 100 people a day, and all indications are that this is just the very beginning.
The death toll of this virus could be well over a million people before the end of this year, with some projections saying as much as 60 million people.
But almost as important; This is why I think this virus is important and we should pay attention to it.
- Currently the USA (and RSA) is in the middle of universal health care policy talks, If this becomes big, it will massively drive how those discussions pan out in 2020 and beyond. If you care about that discussion, you should pay attention
- The illegal animal trade in China is responsible for a lot of poaching in Africa, you guys may not care as much, but here, where I am from, this is a big issue. The coronavirus has clearly been linked to contaminated wild meat. China has now seemed to take notice, and may actually start doing something about this. There are a lot of species that are not just rhino that could be saved by this.
- The global economy is seeing its biggest crash since 2008 financial collapse. This is very much due to having concentrated so much production capability in one country. Once china stopped exporting certain products due to factory closures, other traders and producers in the world also needed to close. This may lead to a more distributed production and supply chain in the world, which is a very good thing.
So there are a lot of reasons why this virus matters, beyond the fact that it could kill millions of people.
It is testing the human race, allowing all of our systems to become more robust. Everything from Health to manufacturing is being effected by this.