I keep hearing this but what would make it more real would be how many degrees off the compass is from the equator? If it is not affecting the compass because it has moved only ten feet, then maybe they’re a little hysterical.
The poles move miles per year normally. Its not a big deal for most of us but pilots notice it.
When the field finally reverses, the difference in degrees would be about 180 degrees or so :0)
The fact of reversal is nothing to worry about.
There will (however) be a ~ 7000 year period of magnetic weakening as it shifts over. Places like London will have the Northern lights. Cancer rates might go up in high latitudes. All very gradual.
It’s moving about 40 miles each year.