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Three behavioural scientists on SPI-B, Stephen Reicher, John Drury and Clifford Stott, even wrote an article for the Psychologist journal, rejecting the notion of “fatigue”
Out of interest does anyone have a link or copy of this? Sounds interesting.
Howard-
And now having speed-read it, I fail to see how exactly they adress the issue themselves. They group the idea of 'lockdown fatigue' in with a some other notions, which they then sum up as "a psychology which is at odds with the medical advice, which is counterposed to systemic interventions and which both disrespects and dismisses those who are best able to respond to this crisis", making the counterpoint that they'd like "a psychology focussed on how best to implement the medical advice, which advocates for systemic change that makes optimal behaviours possible, and which harnesses the power of the group to face up to COVID-19".
They seem to discard the 'lockdown fatigue' idea based on this, which is an interesting read.
While they make a good point with regards to the then policy decision by the government, one has to wonder whether they really think people will just put up with something like the lockdown indeterminately. It might well not be a good argument for starting a lockdown late, but at the same time I think the phenomenon will prove to be real regardless.
SwissChap
Er...
No
Then, yes
Maybe
The UK gov has largely followed the advice of behavioural scientists and have been praised internationally for doing so. Seems like this was one area where they didn’t.