In one place I know of with a significant number of confirmed cases, I'm told by someone working on the problem that hospital visits are actually declining as s

In one place I know of with a significant number of confirmed cases, I'm told by someone working on the problem that hospital visits are actually declining as sick people are too afraid to go to the hospital to get tested, for fear of being infected by COVID-19 if they don't yet, in fact, have the virus. And that is directly hindering efforts to diagnose, treat, quarantine and control the spread of the virus. Overreaction can take many forms, depending on what people think is in their individual interest (even if it's at the expense of the collective interest).