Originally Posted by merlinextraligh

Ebola, West Nile, and Zika are in no way comparable to Covid 19.

The worst out break of Ebola to date killed 11,000 people , and with aggressive containment efforts was contained to a region in Africa. We know how its transmitted, and in developed countries, with good public health is just doesn't pose a pandemic risk.

Zika rarely kills anyone. The risk is predominantly to unborn fetuses, thus pregnant women do need to avoid areas where the disease is prevalent

For West Nile, the worst year in the US it killed fewer than 300 people.

Zika and West Nile risk both can be dealt with mosquito control.

Covid 19 is much easier to transmit, and harder to contain. Even with the huge containment effort Covid 19 has killed 325,000 people, and that number continues to grow.