We should avoid panic responses in the immediate wake of horrible deaths, but on the other hand we should be more aware of the hidden threat when the surface of the pond seems still.
Egg-freezing parties that offer to help thirtysomething women avoid "panic partnering" have arrived in Britain to the concern of some fertility experts.
The public's familiarity with the long history of governments initially denying major stories to avoid panic will only reinforce this conflict.
It might, of course, accidentally play down the risk in its efforts to avoid panic.
Building management said the policy was intended to avoid panic.
Its nuclear posture includes, he believes, separation of warheads from launchers to minimise mistakes and a response time calibrated to avoid panic reaction.
But they are moving cautiously, to avoid panic.
Chinese regulators clearly wanted to avoid panic in the market.
A loss would have all but ended their season so it took some maturity to avoid panicking and much of the credit for that has to go to Chris Sandow who, like his team, has come from a pretty dark place to take his place in the sun today.
Employers, of course, have reason to try to avoid panicking employees needlessly.
