The media hysterics of the UK virus has hit Australia with a snap-lockdown in Brisbane due to a quarantine worker becoming infected and a five day window she was in the community before diagnosis.

I would love to know how the new strain stacks up in terms of severity of symptoms. It's quite possible it could be more benign, though the current death toll in the UK suggests it isn't.

I wonder if we could get to the stage where we have the same level of ramped up surveillance, lockdowns, medication, etc - for something that evolves into being a common cold - i.e just another corona virus.