Dr. David L. Katz, President of the True Health Initiative, asked on March 20 if our fight against the corona-virus was worse then the disease (167). Could there not be more specific means to combat the disease? What about all the collateral damage?

It will strike all countries. The global economic crisis could plunge 500 million people into poverty, so stated in a position paper by the UN (172).

Many who were ill were afraid to visit hospitals for fear of catching the "killer virus".