"We have gone into a complete panic state", says professor Dr. Ioannidis, describing the perfect storm that led Italy into crisis. The esteemed professor believes an exaggeration of the virus' mortality rate could lead the world to a fatal scenario: a lockdown lasting up to 18 months. "Then it is not just millions of lives at stake SARS-CoV-2, but billions, if we have to protract that for so long".