Yeah, find somebody who was on Iwo Jima or Okinawa for a little perspective...   Or, how about much of the rest of the 21st century world.  One of the doctors at my gf's office grew up in Africa.  He is less than impressed about the panic over something that's far less lethal than many of the sicknesses he has seen.  But of course, nobody cares about dirt poor black people on the other side of the ocean.