Thanks for raising awareness about the latest corona virus in your newsletter. I'd like to add that it would also be more important than usual to take precautions to avoid foodborne illnesses, especially by cooking all food (including plant based meals, which cause half of the foodborne illnesses annually, when eaten raw). This is because if one were to encounter both a foodborne illness and the corona virus at the same time, it would be much more difficult to recover from either of them (just as the CDC recommends that people with pre-existing conditions take extra precautions).

Here is the CDC portal about foodborne illnesses: Division of Foodborne, Waterborne, and Environmental Diseases

Personally, I suppose this could explain why some people who are younger than those in high risk age groups and who do not have pre-existing health problems would somehow be unable to recover from the coronavirus (or influenza) at times, as they may also have acute food poisoning and not know it (which can be life threatening to the same groups as those at high risk for coronavirus, or compromise the immune system of anyone with more than one acute illness at a time). My point is that foodborne illnesses occur often with the consumption of any raw foods, including plants, so be careful with that if you are concerned about the coronavirus too.