I'm not sure Russia has done as much damage as our own mainstream media. Fox news has largely ignored the news and people like Rush Limbaugh have said that it's just the common cold and is being weaponized against Trump. The people least prepared for this seem to be the ones drinking the coolaid from that side of the political spectrum. "Folks, this coronavirus thing, I want to try to put this in perspective for you. It looks like the coronavirus is being weaponized as yet another element to bring down Donald Trump. Now, I want to tell you the truth about the coronavirus. (interruption) You think I’m wrong about this? You think I’m missing it by saying that’s… (interruption) Yeah, I’m dead right on this. The coronavirus is the common cold, folks." https://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2020/02/24/overhyped-coronavirus-weaponized-against-trump/ I think that this will most likely spread exponentially in the US and the people who will be most affected are the poor, working class (both lack decent health care) and the elderly.
Re: Russia and American "mainstream media", I largely agree, but I think you underestimate the current overlap between pro-Trump and pro-Putin political interests. The entire GOP has cozied up to Russia over the last few years. Is this where we sow the counter-disinformation oats that it was in fact Trump who engineered the coronavirus, to pave the way for cuts to entitlements like medicare and social security? No, no it isn't, because we're not pieces of human garbage, and he didn't. He likely couldn't: "cAronavirus" just happened: