Your prediction may very well apply to the contagious flu virus itself, but driven by the media and especially by social media I fear the breakdown in our infrastructure and of our social norms may extend considerably longer, especially if the current perception -- pushed incessantly by the wild-eyed media -- that contracting the Wuhan corona virus means "you're gonna die!"
Look how many years Fake News dragged out the Russia hoax. The Wu Flu psywar is with us through November at least. Time is going to tell us we’ve been fed a pack of lies.
The panic is the problem. Everyone is lemmings, NBA shuts down, every other sport shuts down. One University shuts down, all other universities shut down, and so on, and so on.