> 'they all boil down to "it's the fault of {fill in the blank evil rich person or organization}"' that's (again) the fundamental attribution error, another ty

> 'they all boil down to "it's the fault of {fill in the blank evil rich person or organization}"' that's (again) the fundamental attribution error, another type of bias where we attribute to people outcomes that are more attributable to situations. besides, most prevalent among the covid narratives is the fear and panic of the unknown--the complexity and randomness (of nature) as you put it--so quite the opposite of what you narrate. the simple narrative is that covid is caused by a respiratory virus, and while there's lots to learn about viruses overall, we know plenty enough about them not to be in a panic over it, and to develop reasonable policies entirely from the knowledge we have. but that's too simple for our overwhelming fear of the unknown, untamped by reason, and many of us seek other, often more complicated narratives to assuage our anxiety.