Keep calm and be informed


The disease that is spreading faster than the novel coronavirus is a mental and emotional one that brands an entire race as dangerous.

I WAS reading an article in The Guardian recently that talked about how the fears about the novel coronavirus has led to a reaction that is quite surprising. Since the news spread that this virus began life in Wuhan, China, it has become inextricably linked with Chinese people. Any Chinese people, not necessarily people from Wuhan or even from China.

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