“While not particularly aggressive toward humans, their sting is extremely painful and repeated stings, though rare, can kill”.
Sounds like a whole lotta fear mongering reporting done to me.
no, it really is a big deal.
if the murder hornets can be killed before they get established then it will save probably 100s of millions of dollars in ecological damage when they spread and kill all the honey bees.
Just think, if the Chinese had contained and destroyed all the sars-covid viruses before they escaped into the wild.
it may be too late already though.