Apropos of nothing, I think it's worth noting that emerging disease epidemiology is a fast-moving and complex field, that there are few people whose opinion I trust about the new coronavirus, but that they are universally not promulgating doomsday scenarios 
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But the media thrives on clicks and views


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Yea it seems to be people on Twitter spreading the most fear about it
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Or alternatively when public figures with different interests and reporting lines/ accountability say don’t panic it’s exactly what you should be doing
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Additionally: Even if, hypothetically, we were facing the 1918 flu pandemic all over again--panic wouldn't help. Commonsense measures (wash hands, stay home when sick) would.
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