The only bright spot in this unfolding disaster is the probability that coronavirus is less lethal than feared. There are likely far more cases than have been identified, perhaps an order of magnitude more, and thus the actual mortality rate of coronavirus may be much lower than 1% to 3%. Let us all hope that this is true, because otherwise this is going to be a tragic, frightening and expensive public health catastrophe with a myriad of complex and unforeseen consequences that we have only begun to appreciate.