Coronavirus Conversation special report

Nine guests joined us live in-studio to talk about the coronavirus pandemic from their perspective

To contain the spread of coronavirus.

Tonight, there's still a lot to understand.

How successful will those efforts be?

How will we know when it's time to get back to normal?

And what will the coming weeks and months look like under these extreme circumstances.

We've assembled a group of people to help us address those questions tonight, including community leaders and health experts.

Starting with a panel to help us better stand the medical and scientific aspects of coronavirus, i'm joined by dr. richard kuhn, of purdue's department of biological sciences.

Dr. kuhn was on the team that mapped the zika virus.

Doctor daniel wickert is vice president of medical affairs for franciscan health in lafayette.

And doctor james bien is chief medical officer and vice president of quality and safety for iu health arnett in lafayette.

(ad lib) still ahead: the mayors of lafayette and west lafayette..

And tippecanoe county's public health officer.

You're watching "coronavirus conversation,"...we'll be right back.

Welcome back.

We're joined now by lafayette mayor tony roswarski, west lafayette mayor john dennis, and doctor jeremy adler, tippecanoe county's public health officer.

You're watching "coronavirus conversation" on news 18.

When we come back, the lafayette school superintendent, an expert on consumer purchasing behavior, and doctor will miller.

Stay with us.

Welcome back.

We're having a "coronavirus conversation" and we're joined now by lafayette school superintendent les huddle.

(ad lib) along with school cancelations, teenagers now have one less place to potentially contract or transmit the virus.

As we mentioned in the last segment, simon properties shut down all their malls, including the tippecanoe mall, just within the last hour.

This decision will also have a further economic impact - along with restaurant closures and grocery store panic buying.

Joining us now to talk all that is tom moore, a consumer purchasing specialist from purdue university.

(ad lib) thank you, dr. moore.

We'll be back with a look at the psychological impact of a major event like this, with doctor will miller.

Welcome back.

We're closing out our coronavirus conversation by talking to doctor will miller, who counts among his titles "minister," "therapist," "educator" and "psychologist."

(ad lib) i'd like to thank all of the guests who've taken time to