Because this quarantine is happening now we each feel the weight of it and we see the numbers of people infected and the number of deaths.
Would it be helpful to remember:
One person dies every 37 seconds in the United States from cardiovascular disease.
Nearly 1.25 million people are killed in car crashes each year. On average, that's 3,287 deaths a day. An additional 20-50 million are injured or disabled.
Epidemics have been with humanity a long time.