As a society, we fear three things: uncertainty, a lack of control, and that which represents both — death.

The coronavirus pandemic has made plain this fear. COVID-19 is a novel disease. We do not have the means to prevent it, we lack the resources to treat it, and we even struggle to identify it. So we have made the collective decision to stay home, flatten the curve, and reduce the spread of the virus as much as possible until we can understand, control, and ultimately defeat the coronavirus.