I think we're making too much of the fear element. The vast majority of people I know just took it to be on the safe side or because it was mandated and they didn't want to lose their job. They all believed it had been approved and was safe and effective. Most didn't do any serious independent research because they trusted what their gov…
I think we're making too much of the fear element. The vast majority of people I know just took it to be on the safe side or because it was mandated and they didn't want to lose their job. They all believed it had been approved and was safe and effective. Most didn't do any serious independent research because they trusted what their governments were telling them. The fearful ones wearing masks alone in their cars are mostly elderly as far as I can tell and possibly slightly demented. Others are simply hypercondriacs. It's much more ignorance, mental laziness, trust in gov't, willingness to comply without questioning, docility etc. that drove all this.
I think we're making too much of the fear element. The vast majority of people I know just took it to be on the safe side or because it was mandated and they didn't want to lose their job. They all believed it had been approved and was safe and effective. Most didn't do any serious independent research because they trusted what their governments were telling them. The fearful ones wearing masks alone in their cars are mostly elderly as far as I can tell and possibly slightly demented. Others are simply hypercondriacs. It's much more ignorance, mental laziness, trust in gov't, willingness to comply without questioning, docility etc. that drove all this.