The coronavirus: Pandemic? Overreaction? Government inside job?

By Dr. Dean Bartholomew

I personally and professionally have struggled with how to think about the novel 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

Let me share with you where I am with COVID-19: It is a real pandemic; our government's drastic efforts at containment measures are necessary; the containment measures are sincere efforts to help the American people. Why do I say this? Settle in, because we are going to have to put on our thinking caps.

First, we need to talk statistics. I have seen multiple people post influenza statistics, which are fairly shocking when we are talking about 35.5 millio...