I think people have reacted to the virus the way they have because it has been mishandled since the very beginning. The President and his administration have known about the virus since at least late January of this year. They have had about six weeks to start actively doing something about the virus and are only now beginning to take it seriously. It did not help that Trump and his administration downplayed the virus from the beginning. In fact, he initially claimed it would go away with warmer weather in April and that it was a hoax created by the Democrats to make him look bad. People are literally dying and he's more concerned with being re-elected. His administration also refused testing kits for the Coronavirus from the WHO because they wanted the CDC to create their own testing kits. This caused a delay in the testing kits being available to the people. As of right now, I think about 18,000 people have been tested for the virus. Meanwhile, South Korea has been testing about 10,000 people a day. The United States is supposed to be one of the greatest Countries in the world yet we are woefully unprepared to deal with this? Really? It just blows my mind. Also, people strictly blaming the media is also kind of mind-blowing to me. I think the President should be held accountable for how they have handled the situation. People will praise him for the good, but refuse to blame him for the bad.
Not to sound negative, but that's what has been on my mind since this whole thing started. However, I don't think things are all doom and gloom. I do think things will get better, but we are not off to the best start right now.