"The 'super-spreading' events, in which one person infects several dozen people at a time (as was seen with SARS coronavirus), do not seem to be happening with this coronavirus" said Prof Peter Openshaw, Director of the Centre for Respiratory Infection, Imperial College London.

BBC: Threat from novel coronavirus 'remains low'

But the appetite for super-sized debt is spreading to more conservative areas, as well.

ECONOMIST: Corporate debt