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The behavior of these people defies logic. Where is any shred of common sense or good judgement? I'm also sick of Dr Fauci being unfairly attacked.
It's something that sociologists and psychologists need to study.
In epidemiology, these patterns expected- that there will be a group of people who deny the reality and who create fantastic theories to explain what their mind cannot quite comprehend. For example, during the Great Plague, when 50% of the population died, different explanations were proposed: the plague was blamed on the Jews, prostitutes and beggars. There were even people who blamed the people who cared for the sick and the people who removed the dead; just like Fauci is blamed today, the people who were trying to help the people who had plague were accused of spreading the illness.
What is different today is social media. In the 16th and 17th century, rumors about the plague were spread through word-of-mouth and local newspapers. In 2021, we're up against cellphones with Facebook and Twitter.







