Forget the "prophecy", Will we survive the 2012 HYSTERIA?

The 2012 fear seems to me to be much more widespread than the y2k silliness ever was. Add to it all the increasing worldwide catastrophes, (think economic crisis, food crisis, major earthquakes, H1N1 scare, out of control floods, landslides, wildfires, etc, etc!!!) and I'm starting to get worried that 2012 fears will cause panic and hysteria as that date gets closer.....what do you think?