Table 1.

Checklist for measuring economic impact owing to the fear of contagion^∗

	Immediate (over first week)	Near-term (over 1 year)
Behavioral impact on business
Stigma	√	√
Change in consumption behaviour	√	√
Avoidance of crowded areas (ie, restaurants, cinemas)
Life disruptions	√	√
School closures
Decreased public transportation utilization (ie, train, flights, ferry)
Impact on business continuity
Operational disruptions	√	√
Cancelled events (ie, conferences, major professional sports leagues, such as National Basketball Association, Premier League)
Restricted travel (ie, tourism, hotel occupancy)	√	√
Delays in project delivery		√
Financial impact on business
Higher costs for business (ie, protection items for workers, such as masks, sanitizers, gowns)	√	√
Revenue loss (ie, automobile production)†		√
Job loss		√
Market share loss		√
Increase in commodity/food prices (ie, oil and gas,‡ retail market§)		√
Impact on health sector
Change in health-seeking behaviour		√
Health outcomes of other diseases		√
Collateral loss of lives		√
Health service interruptions (ie, auxiliary departments in hospitals shutdown)		√
Impact on health systems		√

^∗This checklist is adopted from the “fearonomic framework.”

^†Hubei province accounts for 9% of total Chinese auto production.

^‡China is the second largest oil consumer and largest importer of liquefied natural gas.

^§Retailers with thin margins face severe drops in demand, and threats to liquidity.