I think it depends somewhat on sources and the friends you trust. When your sources are Facebook and questionable Twitter pages and/or reddit, then you get people saying this is a hoax, it's the flu, more people die from whatever and such and completely ignore warning signs.
I mean, what's staggering to me is I saw a poll that showed 60% approving how he's handling the CV19 issue. Makes my head hurt see8ing that.