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Fear can spread from person to person faster than the coronavirus – but there are ways to slow it down

  • Written by Jacek Debiec, Assistant Professor / Department of Psychiatry; Assistant Research Professor / Molecular & Behavioral Neuroscience Institute, University of Michigan
It's hard not to be scared of an invisible and spreading threat.AP Photo/Markus Schreiber

As cases of COVID-19 proliferate, there’s a pandemic of fear unfolding alongside the pandemic of the coronavirus.

Media announce mass cancellations of public events “over coronavirus fears.” TV stations show images of “coronavirus panic...

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