Panic attacks are scary when they happen. The important thing to remember is that they do not cause any harm. You will not die, even if you feel like you will. Once you know you get them, then you should learn the triggers and either avoid them or learn how to deal with them. Practice meditation and yogic breathing. Being able to control your breathing is the key to getting through a panic attack.
If it is the type of ferry I am thinking about, people always stay in their cars as it is just a short commute. People use ferries like that to go to and from work daily. Very occasionally there are incidents, but they are rare.
The first being social media. Nobody likes to get paranoid quite as much as social media aficionados.
Secondly, it depends on the countries, their people and their media. Here nobody is wearing masks, and certainly not shouting at anybody When Mad Cow Disease was a problem about 20 years ago, the whole country got behind the safety measures to stop it spreading, because that was a real problem affecting the country's agricultural sector. We didn't shout at farmers then either.
We get regular updates, but medically-based and logical. Many Chinese people who had gone to China (not even to Wuhan) and returned have put themselves under voluntary confinement and neighbours bring food etc to them, leaving it at the door for collection.
Finally, there is a political and financial motive for some countries to make China, its people, policies and products look evil and to be avoided. That reason can never be underestimated either.
Basically, you follow the practices of those in the place that you are in.
If you are in a country where they don't want you to visit their holy sites with your shoulders and legs uncovered, you cover your shoulders and legs, out of respect.
If you go to a country where it is tradition to share your food with those around you, you share your food with those around you.
It is about being culturally-sensitive and embracing that culture
I didn't realise that you just wanted google copy and paste answers
Re. my example, In France, French people eat good food in good restaurants. When there on a stay, one should eat French food as French people do. Not eat generic fast food available anywhere in the world.
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Pat, you should be holding the conference with your logical, commonsense, approach to the female of the species .