Hornets are actually pretty not much of a problem, as long as they are not building a nest in or actually near your house.
They have been known to attack people on running paths etc I guess if they feel threatened.
Yeah. I'll go into old story mode, we used to have land we'd all camp out a lot during the summer in Brown County, IN on the edge of the Hoosier National Forest.
One of my Uncles would have a big chunk of wood cut on its side while he was sitting there sipping beer, he would swat flies and just leave them on top of it.
The neighboring hornets would fly in, bite dead flies heads off and pick them up and fly back to the nest with them, was like he had them trained, they knew where to come to.
Was kinda cool, they'd come in like a helicopter landing, grab one and fly off, they didn't bother anyone if you didn't attack them, or threaten the nest.