Control the Spread and the Panic
Keesler personnel fill the Commissary at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, March 2020.
Photo courtesy Kemberly Groue
by Kevin Hartung
Worldwide, officials are scrambling to control the spread of COVID-19 (coronavirus) but maybe controlling the panic is equally important
President Donald Trump, who had contact with coronavirus subjects, was tested and received negative results.
To date, at least 30 countries have been banned from U.S. travel.
The economic fallout from the panic was instantaneous, with the stock market hitting another all-time low on March 14. Experts predict economic fallout from the coronavirus scare will be long-lasting.
According to a March 17 article on the FiveThirtyEight website, five states have postponed their presidential primaries due to the coronavirus. Sta...