Israeli virologist: Unnecessary, exaggerated panic - Leaders, calm the citizens

A leading Israeli virologist on Sunday urged world leaders to calm their citizens about the (Wuhan) pandemic, saying people were being whipped into unnecessary panic.

Prof. Jihad Bishara, the director of the Infectious Disease Unit at Petah Tikva’s Beilinson Hospital, said that some of the steps being taken in Israel and abroad were very important, but the virus is not airborne, most people who are infected will recover without even knowing they were sick, the at-risk groups are now known, and the global panic is unnecessary and exaggerated.

“I’ve been in this business for 30 years,” Bishara said in a Channel 12 interview. “I’ve been through MERS, SARS, Ebola, the first Gulf war and the second, and I don’t recall anything like this. There’s unnecessary, exaggerated panic."

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• Israeli virologist: Unnecessary, exaggerated panic - Leaders, calm the citizens (Views: 564, 2020-03-17, 5:48 pm)
  • Doc doesn't know what he is talking about. - It is able to stay alive airborne (Views: 531, 2020-03-17, 9:21 pm)
    • His point, which is perfectly reasonable, is that the - authorities' responses have been (Views: 241, 2020-03-18, 5:55 am)
      • The media wants chaos? What a horrible - thing to say about a (Views: 332, 2020-03-18, 6:22 am)
        • The media does want panic. Feign outrage all you want. - Point being that the response to this (Views: 299, 2020-03-18, 6:27 am)
          • I’ve talked to a number of health care folks and they - agree, the panic is doing far more (Views: 307, 2020-03-18, 10:27 am)
            • Are those healthcare workers you talk to - wearing rags as masks? (Views: 221, 2020-03-19, 7:14 am)
        • I'm not a virologist and I suspect you aren't either. I - don't believe a lot of what I see (Views: 262, 2020-03-18, 6:52 am)
          • He could have 100 years experience, this - virus is a new strain so (Views: 236, 2020-03-18, 6:56 am)
            • He's a virologist who took the beginning of the swine flu - seriously and knows what he's (Views: 287, 2020-03-18, 7:02 am)
        • The truth is sometimes "horrible." - The DNC media have been (Views: 297, 2020-03-18, 9:57 am)
      • Looks like the mockingbird media has selected testing - as the theme of the day. (Views: 253, 2020-03-18, 6:33 am)
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        • What's really disturbing is how - many of those in power have (Views: 254, 2020-03-18, 1:49 pm)
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            • That whole post is so special because you - IMMEDIATELY leaped to (Views: 198, 2020-03-19, 12:28 pm)
      • I agree that the media is spreading the panic with malice. - Their problem will be when the effects (Views: 259, 2020-03-18, 6:51 am)
        • Here's the thing: They're collectivists. - The Party is their sole concern. (Views: 259, 2020-03-19, 12:33 pm)
      • Day after day, hour after hour, the incessant beat of the - media drums...it's enough to make (Views: 207, 2020-03-18, 12:41 pm)
    • He's a virologist. What's your - area of expertise? (Views: 182, 2020-03-18, 11:22 am)
    • I see. Well, since you know - more than he does, (Views: 189, 2020-03-19, 12:23 pm)
  • Thanks for posting this. Israel is way ahead of the game. - The deaths from this are far (Views: 336, 2020-03-18, 5:03 am)
    • Remember, activist judges blocked Trump's Iran travel - ban. Now, nearly the entire outbreak (Views: 297, 2020-03-18, 5:33 am)
      • A sanctuary city with no travel bans.,,, - nm (Views: 266, 2020-03-18, 5:38 am)
      • With Iran already under sanctions, this may cause - serious problems. (Views: 227, 2020-03-18, 5:46 am)
        • The media is totally ignoring Iran's push into Iraq. - They remain focused on the virus. (Views: 270, 2020-03-18, 7:13 am)
    • He is exactly right. The media is spreading panic - deliberately and with malice. (Views: 234, 2020-03-18, 5:45 am)
    • Do you think it has to have more deaths - to be prepared? (Views: 236, 2020-03-18, 6:39 am)
      • I always self isolate when I'm sick. I had the Asian flu - back in the early 90s. I KNOW (Views: 305, 2020-03-18, 6:45 am)
        • They are in perspective. They are getting - word out there for people (Views: 214, 2020-03-18, 7:48 am)
  • I appreciate his opinion. He's just trying to compare - this virus to other outbreaks (Views: 343, 2020-03-18, 5:16 am)
  • Swarms of locusts expected to plague Africa and - Middle East, UN group says (Views: 338, 2020-03-18, 5:28 am)
  • Yes, and he did a good job of expressing what the real - danger is.I live in a town of 600 (Views: 270, 2020-03-18, 5:43 am)
  • I agree. From the start of this, I've believed this virus is - real but it isn't as bad as the flu, (Views: 237, 2020-03-18, 5:52 am)
    • You might want to watch some of the - videos posted by many (Views: 300, 2020-03-18, 6:34 am)
  • Thank God, someone with some common sense. I - believe an Israeli virologist over (Views: 261, 2020-03-18, 6:38 am)
  • Here's an article by an MIT biologist who says essentially - the same thing.... (Views: 254, 2020-03-18, 6:56 am)

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