The Daily Mail is in full panic mode. Coronavirus has been in and circulating around the US at least since December 2019. If it were the mother of all viruses we'd have corpses littering the streets by now.
The coronavirus death toll in the U.S. has risen to six as the top infectious disease official in the country warned the disease had likely reached 'pandemic proportions'.
www.dailymail.co.uk
I haven't heard about any lines except at the Brooklyn and Queens Costco and since both boroughs have large Asian populations I'm not surprised. I haven't seen any of that at Target or any other supermarket in Manhattan despite nearly everyone I spoke with last week confessed to being worried and two used the word "terrified".
Ordering online and picking up at the store is great, I avoid crowds and things, just run in and out with my stuff.