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© The ConversationPandemic decision-making is difficult and exhausting
By Elizabeth Tricomi and Wesley Ameden NEWARK©2024 GPlusMedia Inc.
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Skeptical
Decision making in a Covid world? In the above article, authors Tricomi and Ameden caution all that:
Apparently we have arrived at a stage of the pandemic where all must remain constantly vigilant against contracting Covid. A continuing pandemic kabuki.
I recall the words of Steve Templeton, Ph. D., Associate Professor of Microbiology and Immunology at IUSM-Terre Haute, back this past February, in pondering the future of microbial fear and the appearance of safety:
He then posed the following questions:
When indeed?
prionking
I suppose when people have been taken in by the lies of governments and their lackeys, mainstream media and the Big Pharma companies that have done very nicely from this pandemic, their amygdala is in overdrive. Everything feels dangerous, too frequently way out of proportion to the actual risk.
As a result, we see healthy people wearing masks outdoors when there's nobody around, because they've been conditioned that the level of risk is far higher than what it really is. People suffering this level of fear are not hard to control, and are easy to use as pawns to turn on people who aren't so susceptible to the propaganda, thus creating divisions in society. Just another example of divide and conquer.
ArtistAtLarge
Covid cares not one little bit about your "difficulties" or ideologies.
rdemers
The real difficulty is when you are forced or pigeon holed into explaining your decision(s) on Covid. The rationalization often given are more emotional than pertinent to the real issues at hand. I don't like it when Covid policy is like the "Clapper", clap on, clap off. It makes the policies seem meaningless. I will be happy when every man, woman and child is safe. Until then I am masked...
virusrex
Transparent disinformation, misrepresenting the findings and recommendations of the scientific community as if they came from goverments, media or pharmaceutical companies is obviously invalid. Thinking in terms of risk and safety is what the article is talking about.
People can be wearing masks for many reasons, from simply lacking any inconvenience to being aware that putting your mask on and off can lead to contamination. The ones promoting fear (and not rational thinking) are the antiscientific groups that misrepresent everything as an attempt to control and bullying. For example by openly lying about who came with recommendations and the evidence that support them.
Rodney
Invest in Big Pharma shares and use the massive profits to provide care for your elderly/sick parents and relatives who are vulnerable.
get herd immunity.