I am going to recommend a book that's timely and provides some perspective.

Get Well Soon by Jennifer Wright is a short history of the worst pandemics in history. It starts with the Antonine Plague which so weakened the Roman Empire it eventually fell. The book proceeds through history and the big nasty pandemics that collapsed empires and economies like Black Death, Yellow Fever and even AIDS.

What is important about this book it that is notes the historic mistakes almost every society makes. Give it a read. It's not long and it is funny. If you prefer an audiobook, look here.

Nothing is new under the sun. Neither are the mistakes. Let's try to skip them this time.