Well we kinda are saying the same thing. It IS right to be cautious. I think we have both lived through these types of outbreaks before, notably the bird flu a few years back. No one then said to play basketball with no fans present or tried to quarantine entire cities or canceled schools because someone 3 states away died from the disease and a weakened immune system.
I call that panic and not an abundance of caution. But maybe its just semantics. I do tend to be cynical and skeptical.
“No one is saying we should jump off buildings...” I think they are...and that is causing the panic among normally sane people. I mean, I know its anecdotal but my Walmart is completely wiped out of any kind of hand sanitizer like purell. That has NEVER happened before. Thats panic buying.
Like you, I hope and pray this never gets to the worst case. I hope with warm weather coming, it will abate like most other viruses.
At least hand sanitizer I can understand. You cannot buy toilet paper in any store in the metro area right now! seriously!