I first heard about it in around October 2019 and thought it would be similar to the first SARS outbreak. When I heard about the first case in the US, I knew it would get much worse.
I was a bit worried at first because of how the Chinese government seemed to be shitting their pants but after a while, I definitely think it’s overblown.
When I first heard about it, I knew it was an outright bioweapon. What remains to be seen is if this was a ploy to get us to take a vaccine that will be the infector for the rest of the weapon, or if this proves that China still can't make any thing properly, including bioweapons.