Reactions to the fast-spreading Coronavirus range up and down the long meat thermometer of rationality. The act of roosting at home may be said to occupy the sensible, cool lower tip, while obsessively licking subway handholds might register where the mercury can rise no further. Between those two regions, meanwhile, lie a myriad of other decisions taken in the day-to-day management of life under threat of pandemic; some err towards the former approach, some the latter.

Bushwick’s own Yummy 88, a small take-out Chinese restaurant on the corner of Wilson and Willoughby streets, may be a victim of what we suspect is one of the more hysteria-prone decisions being made by people in New York: eschewing east Asian restaurants because of the virus’ origin.

Earlier this week, the establishment sent customers this message: “With all the rumors around Coronavirus, we wanted to let you know that none of our staff has recently traveled to any place affected by the virus & none of the 15 confirmed cases in the US is related to Chinese restaurants…We hope you choose facts over fear & support our small business in this difficult time.”