Influenza is a virus we have battled for years and continue to battle and it continues to be responsible for a much higher percentage of fatalities. We should anticipate such ongoing battles and respond as best able however over reaction and panic would be far more dangerous.
Much more interesting and potentially dangerous is the presumed right to incarceration others. Detaining an individual against their will should not be done lightly or without fully justified reason.
Pictures from China show individuals being dragged from their homes to be interned in make shift camps and doors on buildings being welded up to prevent residents leaving. Shocking, even for a communist country but hardly mentioned. Westerners are now being interned in hotels overseas and told they cannot leave the building or even leave their rooms. These are people who do not have the virus but where others have decided they could have it. Who should be able to play god and hand out such instruction? Have they the mandate to sacrifice some to save others? personally I'd prefer to deal with the virus than be tightly controlled by foreign bureaucrats.

I just read in the morning [28/4/20] news paper here that Israeli scientists should have a vaccine ready in three weeks. I'll bet the BDS leftards will be the first in line to get vaccinated.

First case in New Zealand

Tehran Via Bali - Tested negative twice before finally showing positive - Yep Testing works

Scary

The media is framing blame on Trump for the coronavirus. Trump or anyone else has never experienced a pandemic as this has never happened in anyone's lifetime. In California it looks like warm weather has been a backstop for the spread of the coronavirus.

In Iran they are actively spreading it because of cultural practices. Iran's government is intentionally taking no containment measures, sanctioning no behavioral changes or materially supporting medical interventions. Iran has limited medical infrastructure. We are going to see what doing every possible thing wrong at once does, Iran will demonstrate a worst case scenario.

When the media gets it wrong, which is most of the time, they face no consequences for their mistakes. Creating panic to insight complaint and blame will not have much personal usefulness.

This is a oversimplified worse case calculation
Iran has a population of 79.11 million
With an R0 of 5.6
Incubation time of 4.2 days
Starting number of 141 cases,

Cases――――――――――――Time in Days
xxx―――――――――――――――0
141―――――――――――――――4.2
790―――――――――――――――8.4
4,422――――――――――――――12.6
24,762―――――――――――――16.8
138,666―――――――――――――21.9
776,532―――――――――――――25.0
4,348,578――――――――――――29.4
24,352,037―――――――――――33.6
136,371,409―――――――――――37.8

Worst case death rate in Iran:
Iran's population is 79.11 million
60% of Iran's population likely to get infected 47.6 million
5% death rate from of 47.46 million
2.37 million dead in Iran

The USA should probably be a bit more cautious but will rapidly adjust if needed, it will not be like Iran in the USA.

This is the biggest nothing ball I've ever seen. The media should be ashamed for fear mongering.

Supply chains.

That is the only real worry we should be focused on.

Me, I pray it mutates to be as deadly as the Plague.

It's not the symptoms that are super concerning, unless you have compromised immune system, it's how contagious it is. You can head it off by using elderberry tincture. Elderberry actually retards virus ability to replicate so that your immune system doesn't get overwhelmed. Add oregano that is both supportive of lung function and antibacterial for the concern for pneumonia and you are pretty good.

I'm not saying to ignore the conventional medicines either, stock up on whatever you prefer if you are concerned about your area. We have Nyquil, advil and vicks here.

While my family is only anecdotal, elderberry has been so effective at my house that my husband who won't touch herbs is now using it.

Still no cases in NZ - But that's only because- Who The F**K would want to travel here !!!!

I'm watching Fox News right now and they're saying things look pretty bleak. Apparently the only place without a case of the virus is in Antarctica.