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Sorry to piggy back on your post. I'm not intending to aim this at you, but it made me think. I'm finding a lot of the current reactions to Covid-19 are prett
by mikekchar 6y ago
Sorry to piggy back on your post. I'm not intending to aim this at you, but it made me think. I'm finding a lot of the current reactions to Covid-19 are pretty similar to the stages of grief.
Denial - It's not really a problem. We don't have to disrupt our lives. It will all disappear in a few weeks. It's all a conspiracy theory.
Anger - If (some organisation) had done their job, we wouldn't be in this mess! It's all the fault of the (some country)!
Bargaining - If we get the new cases below X (or wait for X weeks), then we can all go back to our normal lives. I did what I'm supposed to do, you can't tell me I have to shelter in place any longer (well, a little bit of anger mixed in there)
Depression - We are so screwed. That's it. The world as we knew it is over. Our politicians, health organisations, etc are so incompetent that there is no escape.
Acceptance - Yep. It's a bad situation alright. However, it will pass eventually. It will be difficult for people. A lot of people will die. A lot will lose their jobs. The economy will probably be hurting for a very long time, but we will come out of it eventually.
- rootusrootus 6y agoAnd just like grief, you cycle through some or all of the stages repeatedly.
- joshstrange 6y agoYou might find this article on "Adjustment Reactions: The Teachable Moment in Crisis Communication" [0] (1/17/05) interesting. I found out about it through the peak prosperity daily COVID-19 updates [1] back in mid-March. [0] https://www.psandman.com/col/teachable.htm https://www.psandman.com/col/teachable.htm [1] https://youtu.be/ogf6Hru2trE?list=PLRgTUN1zz_oeQpnJxpeaEkFimDeepqyWf&t=714 https://youtu.be/ogf6Hru2trE?list=PLRgTUN1zz_oeQpnJxpeaEkFim... (queued up to when he talks about this article)