Washington has just, for example, banned all events with over 250 people in them for the three most affected counties. Cities and counties in CA had been doing

Washington has just, for example, banned all events with over 250 people in them for the three most affected counties. Cities and counties in CA had been doing the same with different thresholds. Which meant an NBA game was going to be played without fans (since then, the NBA season has been suspended, which is a pretty significant measure in and of itself). Many schools have been closing in the Seattle area, and just today the Seattle school district, and many outlying school districts closed for at least two weeks. That's a lot of school closures. Many companies are having employees work from home wherever possible. The amount of traffic in Seattle during rush-hour is an astronomical change. There's very light traffic during rush hour in places that used to be wall-to-wall vehicles. As someone living in the Seattle area, it feels like life has substantially changed.