{"id":5436,"count":0,"description":"Exacerbated by the media and social platforms, hysteria makes the crisis seem even bigger than it is. It\u2019s not. And it\u2019s important sometimes to remind ourselves, and others, of this simple fact. So far there are 300,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus worldwide, with over 13,000 deaths. It\u2019s nothing small, yet there are still many diseases that are currently claiming a higher death toll.\r\n\r\nThe phenomenon of mass toilet paper-buying is a symptom of hysteria. It\u2019s something that we as humans are prone to, but it\u2019s also something that the internet and the media \u2013 both self-creating entities \u2013 have provided a fertile landscape for.","link":"https:\/\/sntjohnny.com\/front\/tag\/pandemic-hysteria","name":"pandemic hysteria","slug":"pandemic-hysteria","taxonomy":"post_tag","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sntjohnny.com\/front\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags\/5436","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sntjohnny.com\/front\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sntjohnny.com\/front\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/post_tag"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/sntjohnny.com\/front\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?tags=5436"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}