‘Inducing panic’: Media under fire for driving coronavirus hype to epidemic levels

‘Inducing panic’: Media under fire for driving coronavirus hype to epidemic levels

University of California, Irvine associate professor E. Alison Holman, who has published research on media exposure to mass-trauma events, said the toilet paper scare appeared to have originated with articles about stocking up before the virus’ spread. … “My recommendation to people is pay attention to the World Health Organization and CDC,” Ms. Holman said. “Those are the people you need to see who are managing this and really know.”