How bad could this coronavirus outbreak get?
SAN FRANCISCO - There's no question the coronavirus outbreak is bad, with nearly 90,000 people infected and 3,000 dead in less than three months. What everyone wants to know is how much worse the outbreak will get.
No one can predict the future. But experts who have tangled with infectious diseases for years look to pandemics of the past for hints about what's to come. Based on what we know now, here's a sense of what we may face:
HOW SEVERE COULD THIS CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK GET?
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