-
The pandemic is a talking point to them, the advice a joke.
I put a lot of the blame on Johnson / the government for this. Without testing and therefore showing only a few 1000 cases it won't seem real to many people. The media really should be publishing a potential / likely number of cases derived from the number of deaths. Might shit people up a bit more.
villa-ru-
I put a lot of the blame on Johnson / the government for this. Without testing and therefore showing only a few 1000 cases it won't seem real to many people. The media really should be publishing a potential / likely number of cases derived from the number of deaths. Might shit people up a bit more.
I don’t share your optimism.
The psychology of this conundrum is a perfect storm for liberal democracies:
To prompt action/alter-behaviour the most selfish need to believe they themselves will suffer as a direct result of their normal behaviour. Liberal democracies largely resist enforcing social order (so no or too-late use of law), consequence from disease are delayed and largely indirect. A subset of the ‘selfish’ group (the ‘unimaginative selfish’) will only believe in consequences when they see it happen to others.Then the toxicity of ^ this situation breeds authoritarianism.
miro_o
The last five days has completely black pilled me on the human race.
Friends and family have been largely responsible but an overwhelming majority of associates have not (flying on holiday, in the pub, in the gym within the last 24hrs).
The pandemic is a talking point to them, the advice a joke.