From the right wing: when I can see for myself that there is a serious threat that must be dealt with. The news and the government have lied too often about too much for me to trust them anymore.
I don’t see some world-ending apocalypse. As far as I can tell, it’s a slightly worse than average flu.
I doubt you will get anything like a reasoned response from the left. They’ll just shriek and call you racist or something.