re: If its a hoax..

It's not a hoax. Ask Seattle.

Anyway. Two main things could happen.

1. We all mostly chill at home for a month and watch a lot of Netflix. The stock market takes a brief hit. The virus never spreads to chaotic levels. We laugh at the hysteria, and the market recovers.

2. We all mostly chill at home for a month and watch a lot of Netflix. The virus spreads like it has in all other countries in which it has been encountered. However, our social distancing tactic keeps the case numbers down just enough to not have to initiate wartime style medicine.