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Me.

(35,454 posts)
Wed May 13, 2020, 05:42 PM May 2020

One Possibility Why People Doubt The Danger Of The Virus

Morning Joe had a statistic this morning which said only 40% of the population knows someone who has had the virus. I believe that will be changing because it was also discussed that places like Iowa. Mo. Tennessee, Texas, Charlotte are starting to spike. It's spreading beyond the coasts now, so I wonder what the thinking will be in a month.

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One Possibility Why People Doubt The Danger Of The Virus (Original Post) Me. May 2020 OP
There's a funny quirk in human nature, most but thankfully not all of us at least appear to be mahina May 2020 #1
That actually sounds like a reasonable statistic. PoindexterOglethorpe May 2020 #2
I Was Pretty Surprised By It Me. May 2020 #6
That seems to be the case where I live. Since March only 15 cases have been reported in the county. Arkansas Granny May 2020 #3
I think that's a big part of it. Buckeye_Democrat May 2020 #4
It's a Catch-22... lame54 May 2020 #5
That's It Exactly Me. May 2020 #7

mahina

(17,506 posts)
1. There's a funny quirk in human nature, most but thankfully not all of us at least appear to be
Wed May 13, 2020, 06:07 PM
May 2020

rather indifferent to the suffering of others.

As long as the admin keeps 'othering' the victims- older Americans, black Americans, Indian Americans, other Americans, the weird brain wiring that let us leave African famine victims and Bangladeshi victims has a chance.

Fuckers.

Better get busy evolving. Myself included.

PoindexterOglethorpe

(25,750 posts)
2. That actually sounds like a reasonable statistic.
Wed May 13, 2020, 06:07 PM
May 2020

Given that those getting it and those dying tend to be concentrated in various places, it would be fairly easy to be somewhere that hasn't been too affected.

We think my niece may have had it back in March, as she did have symptoms, and had been on a trip to California a week or so before she got sick. But she wasn't tested, heck I'm not sure we even had tests available then.

It's possible people I know who I haven't been in touch with have been sick.

Arkansas Granny

(31,484 posts)
3. That seems to be the case where I live. Since March only 15 cases have been reported in the county.
Wed May 13, 2020, 06:29 PM
May 2020

We are surrounded by areas with even fewer cases. I think this has given a lot of people a false sense of security.

Buckeye_Democrat

(14,848 posts)
4. I think that's a big part of it.
Wed May 13, 2020, 06:35 PM
May 2020

I don't personally know anyone that was infected, and there's not many cases in my area given the population.

It will change, however. I've seen too many people nonchalantly ignoring masks and social distancing here.

If they spent more time studying the science, maybe their "show me" attitudes would change too?

lame54

(35,141 posts)
5. It's a Catch-22...
Wed May 13, 2020, 06:46 PM
May 2020

The better an area does at following the stay at home order the lower the numbers

But when numbers stay low more people think it's an over-reaction and start going out

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