it's a shutdown across America this
train is usually packed with rush-hour
riders bound from Manhattan now it's a
ghost train with rows of empty seats
this plane flew from Detroit to New York
with almost no passengers
here's Inside Edition reporter Melissa
Stark this is Grand Central Station one
of the busiest transit hubs in America
on any given day thousands of commuters
are bustling through here in a hurry to
get to work well look at it today so
many people hunkering down at home the
crowd of commuters down to just a
handful fear of coronavirus is turning
America into the United States of
anxiety we have a nation in fear right
now is there actually a danger that you
can worry yourself sick yes you
absolutely can there is a very strong
connection between our brains and our
bodies especially as far as anxiety is
concerned and that's why it is so
important to really try to bring our
thoughts away from anxiety bring our
thoughts to the things that we can
control bring our behaviors to the
things that we can control and focus on
ourselves and keeping healthy during
these trying times but when the opening
fell on Wall Street sounded there was
another fever
the sell-off fever with the Dow
instantly plummeting 2,250 points
triggering an automatic circuit breaker
halting all trading for 15 minutes
reporters attending briefings on the
crisis were screened for fever as they
enter the White House the network
morning shows are practicing social
distancing keeping anchors at least
three feet apart they actually kind of
like people keeping that respectful
distance we are like Al Roker and Craig
Melvin were absent from the Today Show
because a colleague tested positive for
coronavirus were Tracy I'm Craig and
Al's contacts and just kind of sorting
it out and taking a pause to see if
hopefully they can come back there was
no live audience for last night's
democratic debate contenders Joe Biden
and Bernie Sanders stood six feet apart