Mexican travelers wearing masks as a protection from coronavirus
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Coronavirus, or COVID-19, which had now killed more than 2,800 people and infected more than 80,000 became a worldwide threat. It caused a recession in some countries and had an impact of panic on people.

According to the latest report of the World Health Organization, they announced that new cases of Coronavirus are now in the countries of South Korea, Japan, Italy, and Iran.

As a worldwide threat, it caused an info-demic to people and scared millions of people all around the globe. Although it spread from people and animals the information of coronavirus had misleading information about the risk of the disease. Coronavirus had a great impact on the world's economy, security, and health welfare.

Although coronavirus hits the respiratory system it is not as deadly a disease compared to Ebola. If proper precautions are taken and vaccines are administered there's no reason for people to panic and spread false information. Worried now that the world's future is at stake and anxiety increases, people must be put at ease. After all, coronavirus is weaker than the flu.

Below are five reasons why people need to calm down, instead of scaring themselves.

  1. Coronavirus is a known and familiar illness. It is known that it came from the SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) family and it is less deadly. According to reports of the Ha'aretz, the mortality rate of coronavirus ranges from 0.5-2% and is lower than the range of SARS outbreak in 2002 that had a 9.2% and 34.4% in 2012. The coronavirus outbreak just had an ordinary percentage and can be compared to any flu outbreak in the United States.

  2. The United States response to the disease is positive. The country may now have been affected with 16 cases but thus far, noone has died. The United States also tried to calm down the community because democrats are complaining about the funding and staff cuts that never actually happened.

  3. The vaccines are yet to come and they are about to be introduced in the public soon. Pharmaceutical industries and private companies in the United States are now developing the vaccine not only because it is very much needed by the public but also the one who can release it first would make such a big money.

  4. As of now the cases of coronavirus in China are slowly decreasing. The affected cases in China might sound huge but we should also consider how big China's population is. China might have been overly complaining about the issue. Indian economist and philosopher, Amartya Sen also observed that India, unlike China, has not experienced famine because India has a free press. U.S press are now learning about the risks of investing in China but soon China will get through everything.

  5. The people who spread wrong information just want to cause panic and discourse. As the coronavirus is now a hot issue, media wanted to add fuel to flame to also destroy Trump. Together with the hoax of Coronavirus, the Russian collusion hoax is also being spread to make the people worry not just about the disease but also to the war.

It is important to stay tuned in the news, but when it comes to protecting ourselves we must consider our own safety first. We must wash our hands thoroughly, stay hydrated, take vitamins, get enough sleep, and wear protective masks to protect ourselves, not only from the coronavirus, but also other illnesses.