Worth putting this in context...

Every year "Winter Flu" comes round and around the world kills between 30,000 and 60,000 people. The number varies depending on the strain and the effectiveness of the vaccine.
So, if this new flu type virus kills as many as the boring old winter flu we should not be that bothered.

BUT... and this is the big BUT, we don't yet know if it will behave as a second winter flu, or like the 1919/20 Spanish flu. In the latter case expect between 300,000 and 600,000 additional deaths.
We are bombarded by opinion based on unverifyable facts, many from dubious sources.

Wash your hands or use a gel sanitiser if you touch ANYTHING that has been touched by others, such as toilet doors.
If you are paranoid take your own silverware when you eat out: my old Gran always did this, but then she was a 1919/20 Flu survivor.
Masks are pointless.

Peter,
66, 2016 Porsche Boxster S
No longer driving Tarka, the 2014 Plus 8...