It took me a while to figure out what you were saying. I don't really feel that way about my own feelings...I hope I haven't been perceived as saying "nothing's going to happen" type thing. I haven't purposely tried to say anything about my longer-term predictions for how the virus might play out.
My main point has been to keep it in perspective and not to feel too much fear and panic, and also that even now there's more chance that a cough and fever are going to be caused by flu. It does appear that at some point that's going to switch to being the other way around, and it will be more likely to be Covid-19 than the flu.
I also hoped it wouldn't be this way. Earlier on I hoped it could be contained as SARS was, but that's looked unlikely for weeks. Now my hope is that people won't panic and live in fear through this, that governments will be able to introduce measures to mitigate, actions that can reduce the peak, support healthcare services to help as many people as possible, and to support the groups who are highest risk for serious/severe illness from this virus.
As they keep saying, most people are still likely to have something between a cold and a bad flu that you can deal with at home. Some people will experience a more severe illness, and some people are at what I consider a substantial risk of dying (even though most of the 80 yr olds in the study do survive!). I hope that as people, communities, and societies, we can do our best to support each other through this, and especially those higher-risk groups, but also those with loved ones who end up in hospital, and those who suffer financial difficulties.
I guess with the modeling in the post I just made above, that's a good thing that most countries do have some weeks before they get close to the peak, and that time can be used to try and do more to get hospitals ready for that peak.
Societal panic and being afraid of each other as if each individual we meet is the black death itself isn't going to help. So I will still say that we need balance in our reactions and responses as this goes on around us.