Coronavirus is not only in China, Japan or Korea, but also in the USA and Great Britain. And it starts to scare people traveling to Asia and ... on financial markets. Gold is the most expensive in seven years, oil becomes more expensive. How much does it cost us to fight epidemics? Or maybe we should be more afraid of our good flu? Several hundred people a day land at Chopin Airport on flights from areas where the Wuhan virus occurs. LOT dreamliners bring passengers from China, Japan, South Korea and Thailand. Everywhere there were cases of patients who were attacked by the Wuhan coronovirus (its name comes from the fact that - in large generalization - under a microscope, its cells resemble a crown). Security alert prevails in China. Hundreds of people are infected in Wuhan, several dozen have already died. It was in this 11-million city that a "patient zero" was found who became infected with the animal.) The World Health Organization (WHO) is considering introducing a state of global public health threat. The virus not only infects the human body, but also affects the economy. What could be the effects of a possible epidemic? Wuhan as SARS. How does the epidemic hit the economy? The new disease brings back memories of the SARS epidemic of 2002-2003. That virus, which was also born in China, infected 8,000 people worldwide, of which 774 died. This means very high mortality. SARS attacked the lungs, as did the Wuhan virus. The new virus is apparently not so deadly, but you still have to wait for accurate statistics. When assessing the potential economic consequences of the coronovirus in the scenario, if it spread throughout the world, it is necessary to "bounce" from the data on the effects of SARS. In total, that disease cost the world economy $ 40 billion. - mainly Asian, but the effects were felt by the USA. Tourism is primarily at risk. The Far East, and especially Southeast Asia, is one of the most popular travel destinations. China, Thailand, but also Seoul - these are also popular destinations with tourists