I shall try to summarise what we know about the Coronavirus pandemic and explain why most draconian measures that have been introduced are unlikely to work but cause colossal harm. Two measures work: isolation of cases and keeping a distance of 2 m to other people. There is no good evidence that the Coronavirus is more contagious or more deadly than the influenza virus. But the panic will in itself increase mortality from other causes than infection. Read more Exists also in Spanish, French and German