One factoid that was shared with me at the beginning of this mess is: Humans are REALLY bad at responding to highly unlikely events. We see this in the pandem

One factoid that was shared with me at the beginning of this mess is: Humans are REALLY bad at responding to highly unlikely events. We see this in the pandemic: Someone MIGHT die -> respond out of fear I will CERTAINLY not die -> push for "freedom" We saw this with past calamities: twin towers -> hunt down the terrorists Great Recession (and Great Depression). Even personal trauma has an impact (personal job loss or a friend with cancer). I, personally, advocate for COMPASSION as I see people on both sides of the pandemic get buffeted back and forth by their emotions. Acknowledge that they are in a hard spot; they are gripped by fear, guilt, loneliness. People from every background are getting ripped up because of the uncertainty of how to respond to the pandemic. So I ask all of HN: The next time you see someone with a "crazy" opinion of the pandemic, be patient and show them love. Their life is probably hard enough, and they might need a friend.