@Sandra126 , the Chinese Gov is not the poster nation for reasonable response to many thing, there are lessons we can learn from their experiences but they arent always willing to be forthcoming with the full truth so I think we should pay more attention to what the CDC and other experts that are telling us the facts. I wasn't trying to be flip or dismiss peoples real concerns about people that are actually dying from this but. To be sure, its not insignificant when a communicable illness spreads across the globe. My point was that this one is not associated with an extreme mortality rate like Ebola, Smallpox, Polio or plagues in this and the last century that killed most of the people who contracted them. There is a relatively small population of humans of this planet that are risk of dying from this before a treatment and inoculation are available to prevent it from doing so.
The 24 hour news cycle can and does create more than an informed public, it often overblows things like foul weather, political folly and rampant deviance that leads to useless reactivity even if mountains dont actuality crumble in their wakes. This too shall pass and we need to react with the things that matter, prevent and treat this like the sickness it is not the boogie man we are powerless to respond to. Im glad Airbnb has recognized that which we know will happen, some or many of us will be exposed and contract this illness and they have an actionable policy to help us out, thats a good thing
