Nobody is overreacting drinking or driving causes death through the year, while covid19 is like a DDOS to the health system. Expect to be neglected if you get caught by a huge outbreak, thus the fear.
Not to mention if the outbreak escalated it will become Spanish-flu V2 then we are talking about 10 of millions people dying, and hundreds of thousands dying in US alone.
COVID19 is probably the most disastrous disease in our lives, assuming most of us haven’t been through Spanish flu. It almost felt like this virus is tailored to live with us.
I will take no chance and do the protections from my part as careful as possible