March 1st 2020 was the first death in the US from Covid. But nearly 100,000 deaths and 11 weeks later, people are still pushing back and debating the value of a mask.
That its core brings up interesting observations. The society has been conditioned to be very short term thinkers -- only looking at what's in front of their fingertips. The measures and the people/nations who have been successful in this war have all applied multiple measures. And not one/discussion at a time. People seem to think everything is some Hollywood movie with some magic/silver bullet solution/hero to swoop in and solve the whole problem.
Plus everyone wants 'absolutes' immediately. This pandemic started in late Q4 last year. And to expect the experts to know all the answers immediately is both unrealistic and unreasonable. Scientific/healthcare discovery/insights aren't linear. Then when initial statements or understandings/misstatements turn out to be inaccurate, then that source or organisation is not labelled as unreliable only reflects the ignorance and nativity of how it works in the sciencey world.
Finally, it seems that everything that difficult or complex has been seen through a political/''culture'' war prism first/kneejerk reaction and not through the eyes of, in this case, scientist and healthcare officials?
I think people have been conditioned to want to oversimplify things and have it come in a 'happy meal.'
With the death of expertise and the advent of social media platforms, people just don't know the difference between opinions and facts anymore.
So it's much easier to manipulate the masses.
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