According to news reports, people under 30 in Berlin, Paris
and Barcelona are flocking to bars and restaurants when they should be staying
home to avoid spreading COVID-19. (Pancevski, Meichtry, & Fontdegloria,
2020)
New Yorkers have been as well, so all these cities have been
forced to close bars and restaurants to save people from themselves.
Reports also say that 62% of Republicans think that COVID-19
is a hoax. It could be because they are
getting their news from those fonts of misinformation -- Fox News and President
Trump. I guess they didn't read my blog
about how watching Fox News can kill you.
Here's the link... http://pjlehrer.blogspot.com/2020/01/watching-fox-news-could-kill-you.html
But the truth is it's not ignorance that drives these
people. It's lack of imagination.
Myers-Briggs personality profiling indicates that 70% of the
population lives in the present tense. That means they only react to what they see going on around them in the
moment, and can't project what will happen down the road. And what these people are seeing right now is
nothing. No one they know is sick, so it
must not be true. Only old people die so
it must be safe for them. Just a bunch
of hype.
Unfortunately nothing could be further from the truth. Italy is on track to have more deaths than
China. Think about that. A country with a population of 60.5 million
will have more fatalities than one with 1.4 billion people.
And thanks to Donald Trump our country of 300 million is 6-8
weeks away from testing. Current
projections are that the hospitals will be overwhelmed by next Monday, March
23. At that point, the results of our
failures will start to become visible.
And then, those 70% that live in the moment will freak out because they
will suddenly see what all the fuss is about.
Wash your hands and stand by. It's going to be a bumpy ride.
Pancevski, B., Meichtry, S., & Fontdegloria, X. (2020,
March 17) A Generational War Is Brewing Over Coronavirus. wsj.com. Retrieved March 17, 2020, from
Jagannathan, M. (2020, March
10) Republicans are far more likely than Democrats to think the coronavirus
threat is ‘exaggerated,’ new survey finds.
marketwatch.com. Retrieved March 17, 2020, from https://www.marketwatch.com/story/republicans-are-far-more-likely-than-democrats-to-think-the-coronavirus-threat-is-exaggerated-new-survey-finds-2020-03-10
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