is it as bad as this movie?

TRUTH.

Longer answer: maybe. 6 days later we're at 10.4k deaths.

At this growth rate, by the end of March we could be at 30k deaths. 125k by mid-April, 518k by the end of April.

If it holds up (and I'm not sure it will), the death rate would hit 1 million by May 7, and 10 million by the end of May.

Lol, I love this response.

I'd be careful about who you call useless. Younger people are dying also.

You are absolutely disgusting. Saying that the elderly is useless. If you live long enough, I hope this haunts you.

I think you are reading this right. Even today, we are witnessing the massive financial effects of the outbreak. Of course, it's not the apocalypse, but the disruption of workforce and schools and what have you will have some implications beyond numbers of people who are infected.

The workforce wouldn't be anymore disabled than it would have been from the common flu. What's causing the economic crisis is not the flu, but the actions undertaken by most governments of the world. I'm now reading that food shortage is coming as well.

I feel like humanity cut its finger, but rather than putting a plaster on it, it is opting to amputate the whole goddamn arm.

The problem is, in the US they need to work in order to be able to sustain themselves. That's why many sick people will still go to work and spread the disease further.

That's one of the problems with this movie as well as "Outbreak". They use a fast acting virus for cinematic purposes, but a fast acting virus is one which is easy to contain, especially if it has a high mortality rate. This real world virus is the opposite - it is not very deadly, it has a (relatively) long incubation period and it is very contagious. The latter is what matters most.
In addition, it can be carried by younger people who often have almost no symptoms, and thereby it is easily carried among other people. It is mostly deadly for people who are already weak, especially older people. However, also some supposedly healthy people have died, and for some reason people who smoke are sometimes more affected as well.

Funny I meant the original movie, but actually I just realised the new(ish) Apes movies are pretty similar to what's happening (i.e. the end of 'Rise' with the virus spreading)

I think you're off with that 100 million from the Spanish Flu it's more like 20-50 million worldwide.

You guys shouldn't dismiss this thing as media induced hysteria. The worst case scenario projections from the WHO for America alone is 1.7 million dead if we do nothing. Thankfully we are taking preventative measures like cancelling everything, social distancing, closing restaurants. The question is will it be enough and did we do it in time?

Italy is nearing 2k dead, they may be over that by now. Yes it's much better to be young and healthy but you're not immune. Young people have died from this in the past 3 months like the 34 yo doctor in China and others. If we're lucky it won't be as bad as it could be, or as bad as the media is making it out to be. Do worry about it. Wash your hands with soap and wàrm to hot water every time you leave home, come back home and as much as possible in between. Any time you're in a public place and you touch a table or railing or an elevator button wash or sanitize. Make liars out of the media and do the things the doctors are recommending for people of all ages.

Total deaths are up to almost 8000 according to the live realtime coronavirus tracker from Johns Hopkins.

https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/map.html

You've only bought 6 months supply of toilet paper?