Of course you do. As soon as the first case was announced in the US, it was politicized. I'm not a Trump fan and didn't even vote for him last time (voted 3rd party). But Dems and their media allies immediately began to overstate the threat and accuse Trump of not doing a good job. Then they lost control of the narrative. It now has a life of its own and no one wants to be blamed for spreading it.
It is a simple FACT that H1N1 by this point in the 2009 pandemic and infected 10's of thousands of Americans and had killed thousands. Obama did not take decisive action until months later. In sum, about 13,000 Americans died of H1N1 in 2009. No panic. No cancelled classes. No travel restrictions. None of the stuff we're seeing now.
As of today, 108 people in the US have died from around 6500 cases. Since a significant number are asymptomatic and testing has not been available, it is highly likely that a significant number of cases were misdiagnosed or simply self-treated as a cold or flu. Even those numbers are skewed by the early outbreak in Kirkland, WA nursing homes. The flu would have done similar damage and never been considered newsworthy.
We're not talking about millions of $. The real losses are already in the trillions. People's livelihoods are under direct threat.
This response is not proportionate to the threat.