The first death in the US was a toddler, or so I've heard.

It kills the very young, the very old, and the immuno-compromised. Surprise surprise, it's about as lethal as a normal flu. It's simply infecting loads of people at the same time, as opposed to the normal flu which is more or less always infecting someone but seldom in the soon-pandemic way this is. The fact it's being described as such gives it a lot more weight than it's worth - you could describe a common cold as a pandemic and it'd sound scary to the average citizen, even though it's relatively harmless.

Really, take care of yourself and you've very little to worry about.