As we find ourselves in the midst of this coronavirus epidemic, it is informative to look back to previous epidemics to see parallels and draw lessons. The SARS outbreak underscored the relation between media consumption and anxiety and between anxiety and falling for suspect remedies. The first step of managing coronavirus anxiety is finding ways to consume the news wisely and sparingly. The coronavirus epidemic, like the SARS outbreak, is an opportunity to reconsider stressors in our daily life and think in novel ways to structure our work lives to achieve a better sense of balance.
To be paranoid is the standard?