[Error: unknown template qotd]I think it's a bunch of hype -- this is almost certainly another very mild flu for all but the very old and the very young.

Still, it's not a bad idea to be prepared in any case, so I bought myself some hand sanitizer and masks and have squirreled them away in my Doomsday Box along with the tabletop Butane stove and the hand-cranked radio-and-cellphone-charger.