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Business Insight Are we overreacting? This morning, while brushing through some weekly news, I noticed a statement of Chinese government stating that the US and the world are overreacting in response to the Coronavirus prevention and limitation. Are we really panicking too much? The answer is not simple. Reactions to the spreading virus vary from country to country, from one healthcare system to the other. Bacteria and viruses are everywhere and it is impossible to predict who and when will get sick. However, placing preventive measures never hurt anybody. At this point, there is no reason to panic but prevention is not panic. Prevention is a proactive measure allowing for more control of a wide-spread disease. Historically, there of epidemics and pandemics diseases outbreaks. We do not know exact numbers and can only estimate deaths and sicknesses but our history goes as far back as years before Christ. Plaque health data. If these viruses travel with of Justinian in AD 541-542 took lives of approximately 25 million people. The Black Death (1346-1353), the largest continent or country, but potentially, outbreak ever noted, possibly victimized between 50 to 200 million people in Europe, Asia, and North Africa, and the Spanish Flu in 1918 killed over 100 million around the world. The 20th century had its own record, including 2009 Swine Flu, with 203,000 people dead, and since 1960, there were over 30 million victims of HIV/AIDS virus. Looking at all the public health records, the critical mark was the development of previously known variants and often, they penicillin by Alexander Fleming in 1928, followed by other synthetic antibiotics in the 30s. As most of the pandemics were related to bacteria, antibiotics gradually And, yes, usually, medical scientists start eliminated or limited the risk on a working on the new killers immediately scale of public health. However, viruses like flu or HIV do not really respond to antibiotics, so the most common limiting were hundreds actions are not really so harsh from a perspective of physicians and public sickened people on a plane, not only they spread with these people to another they get other passengers on the plane or train infected. The smaller the space of human interactions, like a plane cabin, the higher the risk of "gifting' the virus to others. Another huge factor in developing epidemics and their dissemination is the fact that the new bacteria and viruses happen to be unknown to scientists and medicine. They are mutations of seem to be brand new in general. This means medical science does not know or have any existing methods of treatment. but their successful outcomes may not be known for weeks, months, if not years. This is again a great proof that undertaking preventive measures is much smarter and effective, and it does not mean we are panicking. Please, keep up to date with the real scientific news about were prevention. Avoiding measures contacts, handwashing, not sharing tools or utensils, personal common hygiene, and early intervention have always been the best known methods of Coronavirus, and take your own, very containing the spreading viral illnesses. While some of preventive actions seems harsh, like limiting travels and isolation of potentially infected individuals, these common sense, preventive measures. Like in any other case of flu or other diseases. Michael Bukhalo, MD Arlington Dermatology 5301 Keystone Court Rolling Meadows, IL 60008 Tel. 847 392 5440 | www.arlingtondermatology.net Business Insight Are we overreacting? This morning, while brushing through some weekly news, I noticed a statement of Chinese government stating that the US and the world are overreacting in response to the Coronavirus prevention and limitation. Are we really panicking too much? The answer is not simple. Reactions to the spreading virus vary from country to country, from one healthcare system to the other. Bacteria and viruses are everywhere and it is impossible to predict who and when will get sick. However, placing preventive measures never hurt anybody. At this point, there is no reason to panic but prevention is not panic. Prevention is a proactive measure allowing for more control of a wide-spread disease. Historically, there of epidemics and pandemics diseases outbreaks. We do not know exact numbers and can only estimate deaths and sicknesses but our history goes as far back as years before Christ. Plaque health data. If these viruses travel with of Justinian in AD 541-542 took lives of approximately 25 million people. The Black Death (1346-1353), the largest continent or country, but potentially, outbreak ever noted, possibly victimized between 50 to 200 million people in Europe, Asia, and North Africa, and the Spanish Flu in 1918 killed over 100 million around the world. The 20th century had its own record, including 2009 Swine Flu, with 203,000 people dead, and since 1960, there were over 30 million victims of HIV/AIDS virus. Looking at all the public health records, the critical mark was the development of previously known variants and often, they penicillin by Alexander Fleming in 1928, followed by other synthetic antibiotics in the 30s. As most of the pandemics were related to bacteria, antibiotics gradually And, yes, usually, medical scientists start eliminated or limited the risk on a working on the new killers immediately scale of public health. However, viruses like flu or HIV do not really respond to antibiotics, so the most common limiting were hundreds actions are not really so harsh from a perspective of physicians and public sickened people on a plane, not only they spread with these people to another they get other passengers on the plane or train infected. The smaller the space of human interactions, like a plane cabin, the higher the risk of "gifting' the virus to others. Another huge factor in developing epidemics and their dissemination is the fact that the new bacteria and viruses happen to be unknown to scientists and medicine. They are mutations of seem to be brand new in general. This means medical science does not know or have any existing methods of treatment. but their successful outcomes may not be known for weeks, months, if not years. This is again a great proof that undertaking preventive measures is much smarter and effective, and it does not mean we are panicking. Please, keep up to date with the real scientific news about were prevention. Avoiding measures contacts, handwashing, not sharing tools or utensils, personal common hygiene, and early intervention have always been the best known methods of Coronavirus, and take your own, very containing the spreading viral illnesses. While some of preventive actions seems harsh, like limiting travels and isolation of potentially infected individuals, these common sense, preventive measures. Like in any other case of flu or other diseases. Michael Bukhalo, MD Arlington Dermatology 5301 Keystone Court Rolling Meadows, IL 60008 Tel. 847 392 5440 | www.arlingtondermatology.net