WORLDVIEW: Is coronavirus panic an overreaction? (It’s not)

Some people believe that the reaction to the coronavirus is an unnecessary panic, that we're tanking the economy for nothing. Here's why they're wrong.
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There are people out there who believe that the reaction to the coronavirus is an unnecessary panic. That we are, collectively, overreacting. That other things – heart attacks, malaria, strokes – are killing more people and that we should, therefore, keep calm and carry on.

There are a few possible answers to those displaying this attitude.

First, those other things are going to keep killing people – but we're loading on a new cause of death that is going to both add new deaths and make everything else deadlier.

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