Corona and "Umeihadarim Eimah"

Parashat Ha'azinu:

כה  מִחוּץ, תְּשַׁכֶּל-חֶרֶב, וּמֵחֲדָרִים, אֵימָה; גַּם-בָּחוּר,  {ר}  גַּם-בְּתוּלָה--יוֹנֵק, עִם-אִישׁ שֵׂיבָה.  {ס}

25 Without shall the sword bereave, and in the chambers terror; slaying both young man and virgin, the suckling with the man of gray hairs.

This verse's connection to the coronavirus is multi-fold.

First, let's analyze the verse itself:

מחוץ תשכל חרב - If we go outside and socialize with other people, that causes more death.
ומחדרים אימה - Rather, we are quarantined to the rooms of our homes where we are struck with fear.
גם בחור גם בתולה - Even young people are being hospitalized.  In addition, my son added that we are being told to stop dating.
יונק עם איש שיבה - as Naftali Bennett noted, the worst situation is the young visiting the elderly.

Secondly, the gemara in Bava Kamma 60b (mentioned previously) uses this verse in regard to a plague (translation by Sefaria):

ת"ר דבר בעיר כנס רגליך שנאמר ואתם לא תצאו איש מפתח ביתו עד בקר ואומר (ישעיהו כו, כ) לך עמי בא בחדריך וסגור דלתיך בעדך ואומר (דברים לב, כה) מחוץ תשכל חרב ומחדרים אימה

§ The Sages taught: If there is plague in the city, gather your feet, i.e., limit the time you spend out of the house, as it is stated in the verse: “And none of you shall go out of the opening of his house until the morning.” And it says in another verse: “Come, my people, enter into your chambers, and shut your doors behind you; hide yourself for a little moment, until the anger has passed by” (Isaiah 26:20). And it says: “Outside the sword will bereave, and in the chambers terror” (Deuteronomy 32:25).

מאי ואומר וכי תימא ה"מ בליליא אבל ביממא לא תא שמע לך עמי בא בחדריך וסגור דלתיך

The Gemara asks: What is the reason for citing the additional verses introduced with the term: And it says? The first verse seems sufficient to teach the principle that one should not emerge from one’s house when there is a plague. The Gemara answers: And if you would say that this matter, the first verse that states that none of you shall go out until morning, applies only at night, but in the day one may think that the principle does not apply, for this reason the Gemara teaches: Come and hear: “Come, my people, enter into your chambers, and shut your doors behind you.”

וכי תימא ה"מ [היכא] דליכא אימה מגואי אבל היכא דאיכא אימה מגואי כי נפיק יתיב ביני אינשי בצוותא בעלמא טפי מעלי ת"ש מחוץ תשכל חרב ומחדרים אימה אע"ג דמחדרים אימה מחוץ תשכל חרב

And if you would say that this matter applies only where there is no fear inside, which explains why it is preferable to remain indoors, but where there is fear inside, one might think that when he goes out and sits among people in general company it is better, therefore, the Gemara introduces the third verse and says: Come and hear: “Outside the sword will bereave, and in the chambers terror.” This means that although there is terror in the chambers, outside the sword will bereave, so it is safer to remain indoors.

Third, the words ומחדרים אימה plus the words and kollel = 367 = קורונה.

Fourth, we know that there are multiple ways of counting the verses in the Torah.  The classical count is as follows:

Sefer Bereishit	1534
Sefer Shemot	1209
Sefer Vayikra	859
Sefer Bemidbar	1288
Parashat Devarim	105
Parashat Va'et'hanan	118
Parashat Eikev	111
Parashat Re'eh	126
Parashat Shofetim	97
Parashat Ki Teitzei	110
Parashat Ki Tavo	122
Parashat Nitzavim	40
Parashat Vayelech	30
This verse in Ha'azinu	25
Total	5774

So, according to this count, this verse is the 5774th verse in the Torah.  However, these totals are based on the Ta'am Elyon counts of the 10 Commandments.  However, if we use the Ta'am Tahton version of the 10 Commandments, it comes out that each of the two 10 Commandments has 13 verses instead of 10.  (See also here.)  This increases our number by 6, giving us a total of 5780:

Sefer Bereishit	1534
Sefer Shemot	1212
Sefer Vayikra	859
Sefer Bemidbar	1288
Parashat Devarim	105
Parashat Va'et'hanan	121
Parashat Eikev	111
Parashat Re'eh	126
Parashat Shofetim	97
Parashat Ki Teitzei	110
Parashat Ki Tavo	122
Parashat Nitzavim	40
Parashat Vayelech	30
This verse in Ha'azinu	25
Total	5780

This makes this verse the 5780th in the Torah.

(Note that Rabbi Sprecher used this count when noting that כי אש קדחה באפי, which is 3 verses prior, is the 5777th verse in the Torah.)

We know that the Ramban says that Ha'azinu contains within it everything that has and will transpire throughout our history.  Although there were far-deadlier plagues in world history, this could very well be what this verse referred to.

We are in the period בין גאולה לגאולה - between the redemption of Purim and the redemption of Pesah.  Both of those events were preceded by great fear and anguish, but we overcame those.  We will overcome the coronavirus too.  

According to one opinion in Vayikra Rabba 13:5, אימה (terror) from the Berit Bein HaBetarim refers to Edom.  Our אימה will eventually turn to ואחרי כן יצאו ברכוש גדול just like in Egypt. It will likely require extra efforts of Teshuva to get through it, though.  Keep holding on.  We're almost there.