It's not panic. Nobody is running amok in the streets. It's "unauthorized discussion" There's a difference. China blocked people from sharing early unauthorized information on the virus because it could cause panic, and look what happened....https://twitter.com/mathewi/status/1225591494276415493 …
Actually important to stem spread of misinformation, but in this case they are complicit in stemming the spread of actual information. Response is critically undermining the credibility of the WHO and CCP; trust is hard to win back and easy to lose...