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Facts will minimize your fear. There are two sources to use for managing fear in the new virus response: The World Health Organization and your national authority.
Many consultants have headaches and nausea when they deal with stress and emotion. There are also times when there is nothing they can do, for example, provide beds, masks, and other needed supplies.
A psychological consultant advises that you should be aware of yourself, and distinguish which emotions are yours, which are the patients, and which are your empathy.
Consider unexpected risks associated with the response to the outbreak, for example, poor mental health that is related to social isolation. Steps to take into account:
Staying connected with your social and family networks via technology
Keeping your daily routines as much as possible
Exercising regularly and practicing habits that you enjoy and find relaxing
Seeking practical, credible information at specific times of the day.
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Contagion, Steven Soderbergh’s 2011 movie about a deadly pandemic has regained popularity due to the ongoing virus outbreak. The movie is as much about the way disease gets amplified by...
Contagion's subplots is about one man’s manipulation (Alan Krumwiede) of a climate of fear in order to make money. But it’s also about the way that the social conditions of the pandemic create an opening for the him o rise. He spreads misinformation in service of selling a homeopathic “cure"; he pretends to be sick and takes the so called cure, to prove that it works.
It has become clear that the parts of the movie Contagion that probably mattered most have taught us nothing. Compared to a single blogger selling a “cure,” the misinformation (fake cures, conspiracies, etc.) we’re facing today is far worse.
As humans have spread across the world, so have infectious diseases. Even in this modern era, outbreaks are nearly constant, though not every outbreak reaches pandemic level as the COVID-19 has.
The original use of the word Quarantine was the act of anchoring a ship arrived in Venice, Italy, for 40 days before landing.
Infectiousness of any disease is measured by the reproduction number (R0, or R naught). For example, Smallpox has an R0 of 6 whereas Measles has an R0 of 16.
Vaccination, if available, and herd immunity can curb the spread of disease.
Big cities, with exploding population and traffic, can lead to the rapid spread of any infectious disease.
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