Thanks for commenting, Wendy. I agree with you about the fomenting of hysteria by many in the media. Also by social media gadflies.

For what it’s worth, I received private messages from a handful (okay, a tiny handful) of some of the world’s top epidemiology professors and researchers affirming the message of the blog post… Their politics vary, I’m sure. But they say beating up the economy has a heavy public health cost. E.g., people in US often get their health insurance from a job. No job, no insurance. 🙁