This is definitely something to take seriously but a few points are worth noting.
1. Very few people have been infected thus far...under 200.
2. There have been so far no confirmed cases of human to human transmission.
3. The NIH is about to start human trials of a vaccine that has been developed. While general distribution of the vaccine is a ways off, companies have been given what they need to rapidly reproduce the vaccine once it is approved.
4. This is something that is not going to appear here immedietely. The virus will have to mutate to easily transmit itself human to human, and then has to make its way here. This has not happened yet.
5.It does seem as though countries are now taking this seriously and are taking the necessary steps to see that it does not become a pandemic.
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