Free Republic is the epicenter, the epitome, of Coronavirus hysteria and panic. No one yanks about the flu, and no one freaks out.
No, people are freaking out because they know how fragile liquidity is. You stop economic activity, then there is no cash to pay workers who have mortgages and loans and credit card debt. Then the banks fail. etc. etc.
Youngsters are gleeful. Calling it it The Boomer Remover.