Namelus, you do make some very good points. And yes, there are some peculiarities about the deaths. Four Dr’s in China already died. The % of people dying also may be higher than the official records.
Japan did not discriminate against age, ito the people on the Diamond Princess. Dave Abel and his wife. He is 65, is a diabetic and the got acute pneumonia, his wife a light case of pneumonia. Both were sorted for pneumonia within days, they are back in England virus free … after +-29 days since the ship was quarantined. Cudo’s to the Japanese.
We also have top quality private hospitals, medical aid that will pay for the tests and hospitalization, we have paid leave and paid sick leave. So with all that in our favour, I’m betting on the fact that we will be one part of the large percentage who has mild or no symptoms.
Timing ito when and how to get immunity is the core decision here as every single person on earth will get this virus. Either via infection or a vaccine.
Looking at China, at this moment it seems that unless one can batten down the hatches for 3-4 months in complete isolation, the risk is very high to get infected before a vaccine is commonly available, as this virus can stay alive on surfaces outside the body from a couple of minutes to 9 days, depending on circumstances and surface.