yes, I agree with this because before it appeared in china we suffered from strong influenza disease and we took antibiotics without laboratory testes we dealt with it as seasonal flu . may it was covid 19.
Gentle researcher in this RG open question we attempt to follows COVID19 violent outbreak (as in Italy, Iran & Spain) and to search possible causes of this virulence like SARS-MERS. Thank you for possible idea / info -contribute. >>> https://www.researchgate.net/post/The_novel_Coronavirus_in_N_Italy_Lombardia_COVID19_2019nCoV_SARSCoV2_shows_a_fatality_rate_compatible_with_SARS_Why2