The combination of selfishness and denial of reality being exhibited by -a lot- of people around the coronavirus has been truly mind-boggling. It really makes me believe that this Trump era has less to do with Trump and more to do with who we've become. I hope we learn.https://twitter.com/KimZetter/status/1238536417623429120 …
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On the other hand, the onslaught of comments treating the guy like he'd just shot a school is exactly what you'd do if you wanted people to *not get tested* because once it's official that you have the virus you'll be treated like a murderer.
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Well.....he is like a murderer. It's just that the impact is not immediate and he will probably not see it. And so it's easier to feel detached and think it's somehow different.
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If you've got a social context in which doing a wrong thing and then trying to make it right (but not being able to do so completely) will increase your exclusion, people who have already done the wrong thing will just be encouraged to dig their heels in and defend it.
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A potential spark for another exponential outbreak
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Our reactions can't change what has already happened, but they can determine how the next person behaves. If the message is that assessing culpability is prioritized over cooperation and support, that's exactly the kind of thing which makes willful ignorance an optimal strategy.
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Yeah it reminds me of what Japan has been doing after looking at the Chinese outbreakhttps://twitter.com/sina_lana/status/1238731098948952064?s=19 …
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To be fair- There's a lot of potential explanations as to why testing has been so inadequate. Perhaps simply buying time by delaying panic. Perhaps greed (see- stock market). Perhaps simple incompetence in leadership. Or fear of shame as you mention. Or reelection priorities.
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