QUOTE(Maximum_Joe @ Jan 31 2020, 16:13)
The only problem is that it could be a conflation, unlike other countries in the West, if someone dies of flu with possible underlying existing conditions then in China they report the death due to the complications but in the West they report it as due to the Flu.
The real problem is that we are still not sure because a certain country has a reputation for not reporting things consistently.
Currently the estimate for lethality is 2-4% but the estimate for spreading from human to human is a factor of 4. If people self quarantine and people use soap and alcohol wash then then it drops down to 1. The problem is human behavior.