You should be careful, Dia with your conditions. Really anyone with existing lung issues, undergoing chemo, etc which is a lot of people need to be extra careful. Elderly men suffer the most and it is likely smoking connected. Also, even in China only 14% of the elderly died. They would possibly have died had it been something else too like pneumonia. Old people die and that's life or perhaps death. Few will ever die peacefully in their bed. The issue for people with chemo is that they need to venture out and get to those hospitals, but many ordinary older people can really stay home without too much bother. Even going to a hospital is not that much of a risk. If your town has say 8 cases, then you unlikely to catch anything. It's a numbers game and the odds are heavily in your favor, so one should not freak out too much. In that sense the 63% of Americans who think the media is milking it are somewhat correct. One should be cautious, but one should not overreact. I think it makes people aware of what is coming which is death and many do not want to consider that possibility. That's why I don't freak out so much.

Italy probably scares people but the truth is they sacrificing old people as their system simply cannot cope. It is the government choosing to kill them at this stage.