Is this going to be a deadly pandemic? No

Abstract

Responding to the 2020 COVID-19 outbreak, this viral Twitter post, from a Vox account, provides basic information about the coronavirus. It defines the COVID-19 virus as a respiratory disease, advises against traveling to China, and dismisses the likelihood of a deadly pandemic. However, the advice given proved to be erroneous in hindsight, as the virus subsequently became a global pandemic. The tweet exposes the limits of knowledge of the virus during the initial stages of the outbreak. – AI-generated abstract.