>I think calling it selfishness is too simplistic. Probably. But whether it is people's inability to not realize their selfishness, or folks that actively work

>I think calling it selfishness is too simplistic. Probably. But whether it is people's inability to not realize their selfishness, or folks that actively work to benefit the few, the outcome will be the same. >While Covid-19 was clearly a pretty big problem in China, in the Western Hemisphere we were virtually oblivious to the dangers. Hell, people still went on vacation to northern Italy while warnings were being raised. There are reasons for that. The public in the US was not informed nearly as early as we should have been. Just look back to when folks dumped stock after the briefing in January. We've had folks like Michael Osterholm telling us for years this was coming. He also warned of our current scenario in the early COVID days. The point is, the information that pandemic risk has been increasing is not new and has been largely ignored. >Nothing in our evolution has prepared us to deal with distant dangers like the ones we’re facing now. Some of us are clearly able to comprehend and adapt. But it does seem that we collectively we are still too naive.