Oh it's serious, and will get more serious. And anyone in a high risk group should definitely take precautions. Current social distancing and stuff could make a big difference.
My problem is that right now most of the issues and problems seen by the average person is not due to the virus at all, it's due to the panic and over reaction to the virus.
Much like the food situation, no one is eating more food, they are just buying more food, and they are just buying more food because of panic. We are creating additional problems out of thin air, which cascades and leads to serious issues that need not exist at all.
Think about the old woman living alone who has to drive to three different stores to find enough food ... totally unnecessary and totally created by people that have blown this out of proportion.
My wife told me when she was doing our weekly grocery shopping and saw all the toilet paper gone ... she felt a pang of panic ... like she should have gotten some, even though we always have about 30 rolls on hand. That's how it happens, people are inundated with bad news, they see other people panic, they panic, it's human nature that needs to be controlled.
I'll still back up my wager, this virus will never kill more people in a week, than die in road accidents in a week. I don't say that to make light of the situation, but to put it into a perspective the average person can relate to. But people don't want to mentally and emotionally process that, it's in our nature to gear up, respond to a new threat, it's part of our survival mechanism, but can also be our downfall if it's not controlled.
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