If you really wanna avoid the virus, maybe you can go to some different places in the US where the situation is less severe.

Or try Qatar, Emirates, and Etihad. It’s a long way flying through the Middle East, but they don’t sell mark up one way fare, at least not 2500 dollars more. But it’s still close to departure, there maybe less discount class available.

I heard many crazy story about the recent go home madness, mostly from Europe. Some guy even got himself a private jet from London back to shanghai just to avoid the commercial jet crowd. But as soon as he is landed in Shanghai, he took the shuttle bus with other people flying normal airliner to the same inspection area. What a loss.