You guys started socially distancing when NY did. For those of us in NY, it was too late, but for the rest of the country it was right on time. Don't fuck it up. This shit is bad. You really don't want it to explode in your town.
I have a lot of friends that have had it to varying degrees, including hospitalizations. One of my best friends was in the hospital with it even and it seemed touch and go. Luckily, recovering now and never got to the ICU level. But, to tell her account, one day, you feel kind of very bad but regular sick, the next, out of nowhere you are gasping for breath and collapse on the floor. Then later, it seems to relent a little bit. Then it comes back hardcore. Now, a month later and even recovered, she still has bad fatigue, which is again off and on.
Nobody knows the long term effects of it either.
I suppose I'm also lucky that the deaths I know are 2 degrees of separation so far, but I know 17 at 2 degrees, and these are family and friends of my friends and colleagues. 2 people in my building have died from it too. I didn't know them.
At the same time, I understand how odd it must feel to shelter in place in a place where you don't know anyone that has ever caught it, and maybe nobody actually has. However, you are doing the right thing. The shutdown is still surreal to me too. And I am right in the middle of it.