Prognosis
Coronavirus Is No Ebola, and That Presents a Different Problem
The mild nature of the infection has experts worried it will spread far, and fast.
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Ebola kills half of the people who get it. China’s last worrying viral outbreak, SARS, killed 10%.
The new coronavirus that originated in the Chinese city of Wuhan appears far less fatal, with about 2% of the 6,000 confirmed cases dying. For many, the illness is about as serious as a cold or flu.