News about the newest strain of Coronavirus is everywhere right now. China is in lockdown, governments are evacuating residents and every time someone coughs you wonder if they have this new infection. There's no doubt coronavirus is serious but so is regular influenza. It kills thousands of Australians each year, so why don't we shut down population centres then? Associate Professor William Rawlingson is a medical virologist from UNSW, he told Kia Handley why comparing the two isn't as easy as it seems.