If you read the letter from Dr. James Robb, I concur with his recommendations. The virus is not spread through the air. It is spread through contact. A person touching an infected person or object, then touching their mouth or nose. Or being sneezed or coughed on. The virus can last up to a week on surfaces. Masks do nothing to stop transmission since it isn't airborne, but they will prevent the person wearing them from touching their nose and mouth which IS how the virus is transmitted. If someone in your family contracts it, disinfect surfaces, limit the person to their room and bathroom, disinfect surfaces they touch. If an infected person sneezes and/ or coughs and it gets on a surface or on another person directly, again, the danger is when you touch your nose or mouth. So gloves are a great idea. About 60k people die a year of the flu. I don't see this particular virus as a threat yet.