Yes because a global economic meltdown is better than a few days with a fever and a cough
The impression I've gotten. Is more people are going to die from the strain on healthcare resources than the actual disease. If the reports from China (that I don't believe) about it destroying your lungs long term are true that's one thing.
But even if this was purely just a more contagious version of the flu and nothing more, healthcare facilities just aren't equip to handle it.
People I know at major hospitals all across the country are already out of essential Healthcare supplies, and this excrement hasn't even freaking started yet.