For some time now I have been a sceptic as to the relative or statistical dangers of this coronavirus as I have made clear in the Speccie and elsewhere.  Several weeks ago I pointed out that between 1,200 and 3,000 Australians die each year of the flu.  The original Imperial College model out of Britain, based on virtually no reliable empirical data when made, predicted some two million Americans and some half-a-million Brits could die from the pandemic if prompt strong-arm measures were not implemented.