In an era of commercial, cultural, and aviation globalization, a new coronavirus, SARS-COVID-19, appears in the city of Wuhan in Hubei province, China, and disrupts everything. The initial indifference of the West is replaced by an unusual panic. The new virus has high transmissibility but - initially - unknown mortality. Experts disagree. They disagree about its origin, they disagree about its transmissibility, they disagree about its mortality, but mainly they disagree about its management strategy and treatment. Eventually, the "strict school" prevails, and the whole planet is put under lockdown for 2-3 months. Within six months, the new coronavirus has caused 350,000 deaths, half of the seasonal flu, and it is on a declining trend. The average citizen is confused. Conspiracy theories run rampant! The new data overturn the old ones. Thanatophobia and confusion persist.

Dr. Charalampos Gouvas, a physician and author, an orthopedic surgeon specialized in biological and chemical warfare, takes the risk of freeing us from thanatophobia and confusion. And he tells us that we must learn to live necessarily with microbes and viruses. And that human civilization is more endangered by human stupidity than by coronaviruses!