I've been talking to a number of my friends and I believe that we are all ahead of the bell curve on this.
We tend to be more aware of what's going on in the world as that is one of our hobbies. (As evidenced by our discussions here.)
I don't think any of use were panicking- the risk to otherwise healthy people from this virus is fairly small.
1 As my biggest concern is my children, I was relieved to read how coronavirii tend not to be dangerous to young children.
As most of us also tend to be ready for emergency events, this is a "mini-prep" and all it took us was to do a little forward-looking extra purchases of things we would have bought at some point, just to have a little extra on hand presently (so that we don't have to dip into our actual "emergency preparations.")
It's surprising how little some people are aware of world events. My wife relies on me to know what's going on in the world and most of her friends don't really follow the news.
1: I'm aware we have several members who aren't "otherwise healthy", but I don't think they are panicking either. They just have a different risk structure and should take even more care to prevent infection.