This scare epidemic occurred in 1976 with the swine flu scare. By the end of the summer everyone was lined up to get swine flu vaccinations.
It was all a big nothing, blown into a panic by the press and politicians.
There was a big backlash after only 25% of the U.S. public received the vaccine because of a supposed link to Guillain-Barré Syndrome and the fact that the supposed pandemic had gone nowhere.
Caution is fine in anticipating COVID-19 and the seasonal flu in general but insane panic from over-hyped press and political reaction is as absurd as the prepper buildup and hysteria to the Y2K predictions. The public will eventually crawl out of their caves and resume normal breathing.
My fear is that the news media induced hysteria will cause enough people to be quarantined to cause a wrench to be thrown into the gears of the world economy . That is the media's goal to cause an economic depression in an election year to defeat Trump. I hope people come to their senses and see this for what it is