Letter: Imagine if we took such drastic measures to solve real problems

The coronavirus mass hysteria — and accompanying irrational behavior — is unlike anything I have witnessed in my 32 years as a practicing physician. The media, which apparently feeds itself on the collective fear and frenzy of the public it is supposed to enlighten, has made matters infinitely worse by choosing to give the lion’s share of airtime to misinformed politicians and frightened citizens, rather than to experts in epidemiology and infectious diseases. The resultant dis