CDC has the recommendation that people at high risk avoid crowds as much as possible. They also wanted to include the recommendation that people over 60 and people with health issues should not fly but the Trump administration took out that recommendation. I would also look at what places like Italy, Korea, and Singapore are recommending and doing and what China did that worked. You probably do not have serious health concerns yourself and I’m guessing are also under 60 by quite a bit. Maybe you would feel differently if you or your close family was medically fragile. Maybe would wouldn’t. I’m not thinking people should panic, and I do agree that we should assess if our own situations are as severe as the highly impacted areas and keep perspective. You are right about that. But I would say at this point none of us knows the current situation since testing is so far behind in the USA, and we don’t know where the next super spreader or hot spot will be.
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/specific-groups/high-risk-complications.html