So who would have have thought more and more universities across the country would days later begin seeing local reports like this? 

Five University of Tampa students are recovering after testing positive for COVID-19 during spring break, the school said.

The university said the students were traveling together and with other UT students during spring break before testing positive. The school didn't say where they went during their break or if they lived on or off campus.

At the end of this chaotic week of a flood of unprecedented headlines as Covid-19 infection rates rise exponentially in the United States — tracking with virus-devastated Italy numbers — The New York Times has this aptly titled story: Deniers and Disbelievers: 'If I Get Corona, I Get Corona.'