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Transcribed highlights of the show can be found in our episode summaries.\nLunar New Year kicked off last week as millions of Chinese people left the cities they live for the homes they grew up in. For many, their trips coincided with the outbreak of the coronavirus, an epidemic that the government has responded to with intense travel restrictions in Wuhan, the city of 11 million, that\u2019s ground zero for a disease that\u2019s killed more than 100 people.\nThe intensity of the quarantine has raised questions from outside observers like Emory University School of Medicine microbiologist Elaine Burd, who worry about the unintended consequences of the government\u2019s move. As the government has \u201cessentially ordered\u201d the people in Wuhan to wear protective gear, it\u2019s caused a shortage of equipment for those actually treating patients, she says.\xa0\n\u201cThe biggest problem is that health care workers, who are taking care of sick patients, don't have enough protective gear, and this puts them at greater risk of catching the virus while they're taking care of patients,\u201d said Burd. \u201cFrom reports that I've seen, that seems to have created some panic among the group we call the \u2018worried well.\u2019\xa0These people without symptoms but now don't have access to the protective equipment that the local government and public health officials said they should have. And so they feel vulnerable, maybe excessively vulnerable.\xa0So I think all of that really, it can create chaos.\u201d\nBurd joined digital media producer Morgan Lee and CEO and president Tim Dalrymple about what people should know about the coronavirus, God\u2019s call for her to become a microbiologist, and\xa0how her experiences working with an Ebola patient inform\xa0how she understands China\u2019s current crisis.\xa0\nWhat is Quick to Listen?\xa0Read more\nRate Quick to Listen on\xa0Apple Podcasts\nFollow the podcast on\xa0Twitter\nFollow our hosts on Twitter:\xa0Morgan Lee\xa0and\xa0Tim Dalrymple\nLearn more about Eileen Burd\nRead a prayer from a pastor in Wuhan\nMusic by\xa0Sweeps\nQuick to Listen is produced by\xa0Morgan Lee\xa0and\xa0Matt Linder\nThe transcript is edited by\xa0Bunmi Ishola\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices