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"This is a concerning outbreak," said Dr. Syra Madad, who is the senior director of the special pathogens program for the New York City Health and Hospitals corporation, which operates public hospitals and clinics.
"One of the reasons why there is obviously so much fear and anxiety is because it's new and no one likes new," she told the panel on Fox Nation's "Deep Dive" on Monday.
"It's also very important to put things in context. ... There are a number of other infectious diseases out there that are obviously more fatal and even more common [than coronavirus].
"Right now in the northern hemisphere, it's still peak flu season time. ... There's already been 32 million Americans, at the minimum, that have been infected with seasonal flu over a period of just a few months."
Of those 32 million inflections, Madad said that there have been at least 18,000 deaths so far this year. In comparison, coronavirus infections are approaching 90,000 cases, with over 3,000 deaths.