We think this is an important story for its sense of perspective. The take away is it probably not as bad as the media wants you to believe. Remember that the media sells airtime, so a good crisis is money in their pocket.

The mortality rate is much lower than the official numbers suggest, and adaptive behavior affects the transmission rate.

https://reason.com/2020/03/23/two-reasons-the-worst-case-scenarios-for-covid-19-seem-unrealistic/?amp&__twitter_impression=true