“On February 10, 2018, Fortune reported that influenza in the United States was killing up to 4,000 Americans a week,”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017%E2%80%9318_United_States_flu_season
For this corona virus there have only been 57 deaths in the USA and about 5 per day reported. So this has not even reached the level of a normal flu season. So the news media is creating mass hysteria when they didn’t even report the 20,000 U.S. deaths from the 2009 swine flu.
https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/us/
Yes, it is much ado about nothing. The true reason for the overblown hysteria is getting rid of Trump. When we reach a few thousand deaths per week, we can begin to worry. Until then, just carry on cleaning your house, yourself, and avoid filthy people.