The article is sensationalistic, no doubt. Similarly, the movie "Outbreak" was laughably so. But I'm thinking that the surprise of the September 11 attacks should have been regarded as sensational, but didn't seem so.
What's the difference? Real, deadly disaster on American soil. There is so much that health authorities still don't know about this outbreak, I'll reserve final judgment for later.
I bought a puppy from a woman in Oregon about a month ago, and they thought her husband had it. He was in the hospital on oxygen. He's home now and doing better though still weak. He had all the symtoms and is in his 40s.