Are you concerned about the coronavirus? I am certainly taking it seriously, but hope we’re not being swayed by overreaction.

For example, news like this concerns me: 38% of American beer drinkers surveyed last week said they wouldn’t buy Corona beer “under any circumstances” at this point in time.

A poll of beer drinkers was taken last week by the ad firm 5WPR and that was the consensus.

I saw a funny picture about overreaction online–a place that can actually supply some good laughs on occasion, sometimes lightening grave situations.

It was a picture of a beer cooler in a liquor store with various kinds of bottled six packs lined up waiting to be sold. The bottom shelf held Corona beer, and so the rest of the six packs in the cooler were donning surgical masks.

Corona owner Constellation Brands told CBS Money Watch in late January that the company isn’t overly concerned about people confusing its beer with the coronavirus. “We believe that consumers, by and large, understand there’s no linkage between the virus and our beer business,” a spokesperson said.

I get it, though. Who wants to go out for a beer and be reminded of bad news?

But let’s clear up a few things up about the virus today since the media seems to be pretty gung-ho on adding fear to its coverage.

First the good news: a pathology professor at the University of Hong Kong, John Nicholls, told financial investors on a conference call last week that he expected the virus to burn itself out with increased temperatures. And it’s possible the threat could subside by May, according to a transcript of the call.

He says this type of coronavirus is very similar to other types of coronaviruses, and they thrive in the cold but not so much in warm weather. He did say, however, he didn’t want to go against the edicts of the CDC, but that is his opinion.

Backing up that opinion was Amesh Adalja, an infectious disease physician and a senior scholar at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, who explained in another interview with NPR that not every coronavirus follows the same pattern. However, he also theorized that the spread of the outbreak would be impacted by the change of season.

It remains to be seen whether the virus will sputter out in the spring, but I thought these were encouraging words coming from two experts.

In other good news, a vaccine for the virus is in the works and depending on what newspaper you read, it may be ready as early as this spring. An article on WebMD on the Internet was encouraging.

“Early trials in people suggest that such a vaccine can stimulate an immune response very well. But it has never been tried during an outbreak,” said the recent WebMD article.

Trials may begin as early as April.

And, as most of us know, we are more likely to have the garden variety flu than the new coronavirus. We’ve all heard the flu kills tens of thousands of Americans a year — including 54 children so far this season, according to the CDC.

It might also be true that we’ve all had a good lesson in hand washing, learning the best way to wash our hands is in warm to hot water with soap, spending at least twenty seconds lathering up. In fact, you’re supposed to sing the Happy Birthday song to yourself twice before rinsing. I find it interesting that in a century where we were expecting to be in flying cars, we’re all just learning how to wash our hands, as one meme so aptly pointed out.

One thing we should all be offended by is an effort by certain news organizations and people to politicize this serious event. The truth is that Americans and people around the world have died from the virus and using it to push an agenda or a candidate is inexcusable.

The New York Times went as far as to say that maybe we should rename the virus “The Trump Virus,” which is patently unfair. This virus started in Wuhan, China, and as soon as an alarm was sounded Trump stopped flights to and from the area of concern. No matter your feelings about our president, any fairminded thinker should be grateful. His actions probably stemmed the number of cases in the U.S., even though he was accused of being “racist” at the time for doing so.

But we all know Trump can do nothing right.

In the meantime, a lot of people are suffering because of the collective consequences of the virus. I know six people who have cancelled long-standing trips overseas to great adventures, and people whose jobs depend on travel and tourism, or shipping that are enduring losses right now.

Stay well everyone. Wash your hands, monitor your health carefully, and be sure to read a variety of sources when keeping up with news on the virus.

And if you like Corona beer, you can have one of those too without worrying.