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> I'm not sure the pandemic is solely or even largely responsible I agree that the pandemic is probably not a root cause: I think the global reaction to the pa
by version_five 5y ago
> I'm not sure the pandemic is solely or even largely responsible
I agree that the pandemic is probably not a root cause: I think the global reaction to the pandemic could have a related root cause (social media, outrage / attention culture, the breakdown of normal human discourse, polarization) as the mental health problems. Blaming "the pandemic" fails to acknowledge that covid was as much or more about our collective reaction as it was about the actual virus. It's the "powder keg" thing - the conditions were there, and inevitably something would come along to set it off.
- briHass 5y agoI'd add 'collective overreaction', at least from a fear perspective. I know plenty of adults that lost their rational minds during the pandemic: believing all the media-driven fear porn that never once honestly explained the true risk to the < 70 year-old crowd. Older children/teens watched those same news programs and also picked up on their parents' fear, and they had even less wisdom and ability to think clearly than the parents.
- quickthrowman 5y ago> I agree that the pandemic is probably not a root cause: I think the global reaction to the pandemic could have a related root cause I keep seeing the argument that the pandemic and the response to it are distinctly separate phenomenon. They are not. The pandemic response is explicitly part and parcel of the pandemic, you don’t have a pandemic without a response, and there’s no response without a pandemic. This is not hard to grasp.
- version_five 5y ago> This is not hard to grasp It must be for me, can you rephrase your point please, I can't understand what your comment means