Originally Posted by
Muttley Crew
Well I'm not. Earth's plague population could do with some thinning out. Imagine a billion less people in the ecosystem,....
Settle down, Stalin.
I'm hoping this is your "humour as a coping mechanism" moment, but if not - you may yet get your demented wish
The only way to avoid a potential pandemic is for this novel pathogen to remain largely contained in place. If you'd study the various breakout models you'd appreciate that (as is presently playing out in the epicentre) the ability for the medical community to test / isolate / treat is paramount. Once these services are overwhelmed you're facing a probable breach of the dam walls ....and in the absence of a vaccine (6-12 months), it will be everywhere. And I don't mean that metaphorically.
I hope we all get to look back and be thankful that early containment of the virus to predominately mainland China saved the day -- or at least bought us valuable time to develop a vaccine.