I find people's reactions and responses a little startling...not only on Disboards, but in the general public and of course the news media. It seems like there is a fair amount of reckless disregard for common sense and science, other people, and in some cases its being replaced by arrogance and stupidity (my opinion).
I don't consider myself an alarmist in any sense of the word. My family continues to go to their respective jobs, schools, although that might be short lived as our local college is now shutdown, I'm guessing the K-12 schools aren't far behind as the county I live in has just confirmed its first case of the virus. I went out with friends both nights last weekend, shopping on Sunday, so we are doing things, but the last place I want to be right now (or in the coming weeks) is confined on a bus, train, plane or boat or at a theme park (or similar).
Currently, our family is staying away from visiting our in-laws (or anyone else) who are elderly and have underlying health issues because we don't want to potentially expose them to this, in case we happen to be carrying it. I have no reason to believe we are, it just seems prudent to err on the side of caution, for their sake, not mine! The current state of affairs is not going to last forever, but I really wish people were showing a greater concern for others health and the concerted efforts to try to lessen the risk of transmission and the additional impacts, which is really all anyone can do. I guess there will always be those people (unless there ends up being a mass self quarantine) who simply won't be inconvenienced and won't rethink their choices because THEY are healthy so they're going to go on their planned vacation regardless of the risk it poses to others.