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This is availability bias. Because you hear it in the news so much, whenever you have some weird pain in the body, the bias make you think "covid-19". I'm not
by steveeq1 6y ago
This is availability bias. Because you hear it in the news so much, whenever you have some weird pain in the body, the bias make you think "covid-19".
I'm not saying you don't have it, but I'm saying your mind is making it seem much more likely than it actually is.
- drabadur 6y agoFact is, that when I know when something feels unusual. And when this happened, I had no idea what the Covid symptoms are like. And at the time, I also didn't think that it was this. Only after several people in my community reported the same "symptoms" did I become suspicious.
- steveeq1 6y agoAnd hence, the availability bias.
- meerita 6y agoMostly sure!