Should we be scared of COVID-19?

The world was once at a standstill. More importantly, the United States of America has been closed for some weeks now. 2020 has not been the best year with many sad and terrible events taking place. The world has been faced with a problem that according to the internet has been predicted to happen. In 2020 COVID-19 became a problem for the United States as well as other countries in the world. Why were we not prepared? Why were people not warned? Is this as serious as they're making it? According to the news, this pandemic is very deadly and we need to take various precautions, but why? Will social distancing stop the spread of the virus or just contain it until we're done with social distancing? Many people are unaware of and have no answers. Is this pandemic just a scare for us to ignore other things going on in the world? We don't know, and won't know until its too late. Also, I've heard people say that felt they had COVID-19 before it was blown up in the news. They say they felt the symptoms and thought they might've had the flu. Yet nobody knows what the heck is actually going on. Social distancing is supposed to end on May 1st, but should people take it into their own hands to social distance longer? With the uncertainty and the mixed opinions should we be scared of COVID-19 and or are you scared of COVID-19