Since the coronavirus is no more dangerous to most people than a bad cold

The thing is, there's no way to tell who's going to suffer a particularly bad case of it vs. who isn't. (Herman Cain, for example.) Polio was the same way before the vaccine was developed -- most people survived, but some were left with devastating permanent effects even if they did survive. Compassion for anyone who is suffering from any illness is always the best way to respond.