This Emergency is a preventive measure.... Need to protect our Health care facilities from being overwhelmed. Guidelines on travel and closing of events lessens the spread, means fewer people infected.
The Hype is going to hype regardless mainly because people are looking at who has it and where rather than what has actually been prevented that could not have otherwise been without the measures taken so far.
This national emergency will give Trump authority beyond what he has otherwise currently, to do things that need to be done. All in all it’s a good thing.
Added note: People are not staying home if sick...I saw two people clearly ill the other day with colds and sneezing without covering their mouths.
Social media turns people into lemmings.
Somebody hoarding toilet paper? Everybody starts hording toilet paper.
NBA shuts down? All sports shut down.
A university closes? All universities close.