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Before all this, I thought that people WERE educated in such a way. I thought that no matter what, eventually people's sense of self-preservation would kick in
by beamatronic 6y ago
Before all this, I thought that people WERE educated in such a way. I thought that no matter what, eventually people's sense of self-preservation would kick in. I believed that what they observed with their own eyes (sickness and death) would cause them to modify or alter their behavior, in order to avoid such an outcome. I was wrong on all counts!
- protoman3000 6y agoI share this sentiment, however >they observed with their own eyes (sickness and death) that's maybe not true with Covid-19. The perceived risk might be just too low in order to reach emergency protocols in many people. Apparently it's not enough to show trains filled with dead people in Italy. This assumes that people would act differently if the death was visible with their own eyes, e.g. with Ebola. But at this moment 2020 made me so pessimistic that I believe somebody here will post a study how even Ebola didn't bring up the change in people we would like to see. I don't know yet how to deal with the fact that apparently my whole view on the world and the nature of humans was wrong my whole life.