Most sighed a relief when they realized it didn't affect them personally. And then again those feelings changed as we begin to realize it does affect all of us personally, from the price we paid for gas, to our travel plans, from the sci-fi we might have watched to watching the news about a different possible future. Yes, we are all affected, as we are with each persons sin.
Nothing happens in a vacuum.
That is why this is first of all a call to personal repentance for sins of commission and omission. She said they were in New York and asked the pilgrims to pray about the situation. Something was going to happen in America. With that let us make good our commitment to whatever our Friday abstinence is. If you still abstain from meat and find that easy, add something else.