[teletech]

Many of them are probably thinking a thing like this can’t happen in America. Well, IT HAS and they ignore it at their peril!

[familyop]

Yes.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019%E2%80%9320_coronavirus_pandemic#Epidemiology

United States

Cases 160,881

Deaths 2,975

Recoveries 5,604

[It may be a few weeks before most of those cases have progressed to recovery, longer term disability or death.]