title: Global connectivity: a blessing and a curse.
authors.affiliation: School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA.
authors.forename: James V
authors.initials: JV
authors.lastname: Porto
mesh_terms: D001294:Attitude to Health; D004189:Disaster Planning / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005239:Fear; D014943:Global Health; D006801:Humans; D033181:Information Dissemination; D008402:Mass Media; D012307:Risk Factors; D045169:Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*