Is the virus making people more anxious or is the hysteria of the media coverage making more people anxious?

I think it's both. Getting sick is scary and causes stress. The initial concern about the Coronavirus is like a fire alarm and then we have to investigate if something is truly wrong. Often that's a false alarm or just smoke. But the media coverage is causing some people to react like their house is burning down. The media coverage creates a sense that everything is happening right now but, in the moment, most of us are ok, nothing has happened.