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Panic and racism amid a public health emergency

Authorities keep reminding the public: Remain calm and don’t panic.

But it look like there isn’t much heeding of this call as evidenced by the frantic buying of face masks and disinfectants and the virulent spread of false information on social media.

How do we deal with our fear in the face of a public health emergency such as the 2019 Novel Coronavirus outbreak? We talked to Psychologist Ronald Del Castillo, a Clinical Psychologist.

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