Medical staff try to cheer up a patient infected by the coronavirus in a hospital isolation ward in Zouping in China’s Shandong province. Currently, we already have almost 8,000 cases of coronavirus and almost 200 deaths. We saw almost 800 people on trolleys in the first week of January at the peak of this year's not particularly dramatic flu outbreak. If we even saw coronavirus mirror the numbers infected with flu - we would be seeing THREE AND A HALF THOUSAND people on trolleys. If we were truly prepared for coronavirus hitting here in numbers, two things should happen - that don't appear to be in train.

Source: Irish Independent February 03, 2020 05:37 UTC