Every effort to contain the virus has failed, cases have started to pop up all over America, and the latest numbers show that it is 34 times more deadly than the flu.  And what makes this particular coronavirus even more frightening is the fact that it is so easy to catch.  You can become infected simply by breathing in the air around you, it can live on solid surfaces for days, and some victims can carry it around for weeks before ever showing any symptoms.  As this virus continues to spread, literally no public place will be safe, and that is really freaking a lot of people out.

But so far only 12 Americans have died from the virus.

If thousands start dying in this country, what is our national mood going to be like at that point?

Already, the level of stress that we are witnessing is very alarming.  The following comes from an NPR article about the "national anxiety" that we are currently experiencing…

And, as the coronavirus spreads, our unanswered questions can make us feel vulnerable or fearful. "Will it come to my community" or "Am I at risk?'

"We've got national anxiety at the moment, a kind of shared stress, and we are all in a state of extreme uncertainty," says Catherine Belling, an associate professor at Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, who studies the role of fear and anxiety in health care.