“Have you got a face mask yet?,” a woman asked me at an event in Singapore last night. Not lining up to purchase a face mask isn’t because I don’t think coronavirus can cause people to die. More so, in today’s over-wired world, fear based fake news can spread far faster than any virus ever can. SINGAPORE - JANUARY 30: Travellers, wearing a protective mask, wait to check in at Singapore's ... [+] Changi Airport on January 30, 2020. Yet when fear goes viral it can keep us from taking the very actions that would ultimately serve our wellbeing.

Source: Forbes February 02, 2020 07:30 UTC