That's a typical panic response. "Ohh someone touched someone else and now they're going to die!"

There are ZERO cases of coronavirus in Los Angeles county and already counties around us are declaring "state of emergency!" and it makes people in LA wonder why we don't.

They ARE intelligently telling people to get the flu shot, as that may help your ability to fight the virus if you aren't weakened by the flu at the same time, while also keeping a strain off of hospitals SHOULD there be an outbreak.