Daniel replies:

We're dealing with it, which is what everybody has to do. I remember my parents telling me about the last time this happened, in 1918. Most people got through it, and promptly forgot such a thing was ever going to happen again although scientists and smart people tried to remind everyone that it would.  Now it has, most people will get through it, and promptly forget that such a thing can ever happen again. If you were a spaceperson picking up the President on TV you might think this was pretty funny.