Good evening,
As a point of discussion: the thing that got a lot of our attention a few weeks ago was the absolute brutality associated with the shut down in China. The blockades were pretty dramatic. Locking people down like that would never work in the USA.
They literally locked down half of their country. The complete shut down of their manufacturing and transport systems for more than a month now is certainly concerning.
So, if you are asking why eyebrows have been raised...that is one answer.
The largest social/civilian lockdown in human history will get some attention.
Most people don’t know that happened. They are coming late to the show and they freak out.
I became concerned about this virus when Wuhan got locked down. Everyone else was oblivious to it. It gave me a month to quietly obtain supplies that now people are panic buying.. I figure if I have enough food, toilet paper, wine etc. then I can limit the number of times I have to go to the grocery store.
What irritates me is that people compare this to the flu, yet they never saw or read what was happening in China late Jan early Feb.
I take a class in which there are a lot of people and children. The instructor is not trying to take steps to combat transmission, like wiping down door handles, etc. I have now come to the conclusion that it is not a safe place for me, and will stop the class.