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It has been really interesting to observe the hysteria. From the moment they chose the name Omicron, which sounds like a nemesis in a Transformers movie. But mo
by thelittleone 5y ago
It has been really interesting to observe the hysteria. From the moment they chose the name Omicron, which sounds like a nemesis in a Transformers movie. But more in observing how friends and family back home latch on to the media (which they remain constantly plugged into). The repetition of buzzwords and how enthusiastically they talked about booster shots now being 5 months instead of 6. I don't know anything at all about the medical realities, but can see loud and clear, more than ever how people's mental states are manipulated by media.
- tedsanders 5y agoFor what it's worth, I have observed zero hysteria. Took a flight last week out of California. Airport was packed. Plane was packed. No one was really distancing. People wore masks, but were pretty chill about it. Most masks looked to cloth or surgical, rather than tight-fitting (K)N95. People took masks off to eat. An old guy kept pulling his down each time he talked to his friend. Some kids ran around without masks and the parents didn't care. No one was hysterical. No one was shaming people without masks. And this is in a world with a million Americans dead and a new highly contagious variant spreading around the world.