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What, would you say, are the most common misconceptions among these rural people?
by hknapp 6y ago
What, would you say, are the most common misconceptions among these rural people?
- Ccecil 6y agoNot sure about the OP...but based on my observations this is the main misinformation I hear. 1) Masks, They are viewed as a violation of their "rights", do more harm than good, make people not be able to breath, feed the virus back into you. 2) Fake news: The whole thing is fake. Nobody is getting sick. No worse than a cold. Just a flu. 3) Social distancing: Don't need it. It is harming businesses and therefore should be ignored. Violation of my rights. Those are the main ones I really see in my area. My city is on the edge where rural begins. Also, 52% registered Republican last I checked...not saying that has anything to do with it but I have never once in my life observed so many locals out protesting as I did when they made a mask mandate. https://cdapress.com/news/2020/jul/23/mask-up-kootenai-county-5/ https://cdapress.com/news/2020/jul/23/mask-up-kootenai-count... Pictures here pretty much show the most common misinformation I see/hear but in sign form. edit: forgot a word :)
- rsynnott 6y ago> feed the virus back into you. I'm really struggling to imagine how people think this would work.
- SOLAR_FIELDS 6y agoI heard a LOT of number two. People I spoke to in more rural areas seemed to downplay the risk a lot. Most people seemed to acknowledge the reality of the virus but leaned heavily on talking points that downplayed either the morbidity of the disease or their risk of contracting it. Of course, if you live in rural areas there is some reality to the notion that your chance of contracting it is less, but if you’re talking to a complete stranger from the city (me) it dismantles that idea pretty quickly.