The problem with the LOL is the many people infected by the virus and the first responders and health care workers infected while helping them/us to get through it will have passed before the virus passes and/or a successful vaccine is developed over the next year to handle future outbreaks. I initially thought over reaction, but now officially on the side of the public health care officials. “Just when you think we are doing to much, we need to do more.” The virus doesn’t seem to be a concern to many people, unless their family or their entire community is directly impacted. Their only concern is the economy.LOL When this passes, as it will, you will see that most of the political panic was, as usual, pandering and over-reaction. Closing borders - good idea. Closing businesses - not so good. Quarantine the elderly and infirm - good idea. Quarantine the young, healthy, and productive - not so good. The nation's top medical advisors regularly get things wrong, often at spectacular levels. Look at the historical statements of some of the Dr. Chicken Little's screaming the loudest, and you may see that they're absolutely not infallible. Having a loud public voice doesn't necessarily mean what you say is worth listening to.
Many of those who are still hanging around the forum are well into the high-risk group. I'm one of the youngsters, but am just outside the edge of that group myself. So it is reasonable for the old, unhealthy, retired people among us to self-quarantine. People who are in close contact with the sick and high risk should self-quarantine as well. For the rest of us, with a few reasonable precautions, we can continue to operate at high levels where not prohibited.
One of the "big risks" of c-virus is that most of the carriers (who will never know they had it until they get a regular checkup after this blows over) can still transmit the virus to those who are at risk.
We have become so used to peace, health, and prosperity, that we tend to panic much more easily than our forefathers. High mortality rates are a part of history, and humanity has survived. By working through it, not hiding or screaming in terror.