04-02-2020, 07:22 AM
Again, to reach these low numbers people need to believe it can be MUCH worse and take appropriate actions.
Far greater numbers of people respond to worst/best case scenarios:
Example 1:A - we don’t want a telescope built because it’s against the religion(s) and culture(s) for some of us
Example 1:B - the telescope is a nuclear powered, radioactive, ground water contaminating laser weapon that will ...
Example 2:A - Black Friday Sale ar Hilo Walmart! $2 off flat screens!
Example 2-B - Black Friday Sale at Hilo Target! 50” flat screens for $149.99!
I don’t think we get back to normal.
My parents lived through the depression. They had 5 of everything in their basement & attic because they had lived without so much during the 1930’s. That experience of deprivation never went away. If we live through COVID-19 we’ll have our own set of innate responses to everyday occurrences; a stranger sneezing, a shopper rolling a container around in their hands to read the ingredients, then placing it back on the shelf. Will we avoid buying that bottle or can? How much tp will be enough in the future? More than we considered plenty 2 months ago?
“If this were a terrorist threat, we would have declared war on whatever group was responsible for it back in January.” - Oona Hathaway
Far greater numbers of people respond to worst/best case scenarios:
Example 1:A - we don’t want a telescope built because it’s against the religion(s) and culture(s) for some of us
Example 1:B - the telescope is a nuclear powered, radioactive, ground water contaminating laser weapon that will ...
Example 2:A - Black Friday Sale ar Hilo Walmart! $2 off flat screens!
Example 2-B - Black Friday Sale at Hilo Target! 50” flat screens for $149.99!
I don’t think we get back to normal.
My parents lived through the depression. They had 5 of everything in their basement & attic because they had lived without so much during the 1930’s. That experience of deprivation never went away. If we live through COVID-19 we’ll have our own set of innate responses to everyday occurrences; a stranger sneezing, a shopper rolling a container around in their hands to read the ingredients, then placing it back on the shelf. Will we avoid buying that bottle or can? How much tp will be enough in the future? More than we considered plenty 2 months ago?
“If this were a terrorist threat, we would have declared war on whatever group was responsible for it back in January.” - Oona Hathaway
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