NO. GO AWAY. Coronavirus Could Infect Two-Thirds of Globe, Research Shows. Assuming this is true, which is an assumption indeed, it really matters whether the mortality rate is as bad as it seems in Wuhan — which would be a global catastrophe if two-thirds of people got it — or if, as seems plausible, it’s a lot less outside of Wuhan for whatever reason. At this point, that’s essentially unknowable, but we are accumulating data.