How to Distinguish Between a Public Safety Crisis and a Personal Anxiety

Tips on when to stop worrying and start acting from a Wuhan coronavirus evacuee

Imani Bashir
Forge
Published in
4 min readMar 2, 2020

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A child wears a medical mask out of concern over the Coronavirus at the JFK terminal that serves planes bound for China.
Photo: Spencer Platt/Getty Images

UUnless you’re constitutionally incapable of worry (in which case, wow, enjoy!), the novel coronavirus outbreak has likely stirred up some anxiety. Across the world, people are stockpiling resources and…

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Imani Bashir
Forge
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