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<blockquote data-quote="CleverNickName" data-source="post: 7955507" data-attributes="member: 50987"><p>I hope you are right, but I'm not as optimistic. Social distancing is only as effective as the least-willing participant. </p><p></p><p>Two weeks ago, certain news outlets, talk radio hosts, and elected officials were doing everything they could to downplay the severity of this pandemic. They called it a hoax, they called it media hype, they called it silly; they openly mocked anyone who tried to warn or prepare. To hear them talk, Covid-19 was another country's problem, it was a ploy to steal our freedom, it was a scheme to undermine our president, it was a bunch of gullible people overreacting. It was literally anything they could think of except a crisis.</p><p></p><p>Now all of those same people are acting surprised, or changing their story, or making excuses, or hiding...they are now trying any trick they can think of to avoid admitting they were wrong. As if hearing "I told you so" was the worst thing that could ever happen to them. So people continue to mistrust their leaders--the ones they elected in the first place--and make them the enemy. Just today, people back home are tweeting about "the government can't take away our constitutional right to assemble" and posting pictures of their church services and picnics last weekend.</p><p></p><p>So keep your eyes on the Southeastern quadrant of the United States. In two weeks' time, they are the ones who are going to be "completely surprised" by this "sudden catastrophe" that "nobody could have predicted."</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CleverNickName, post: 7955507, member: 50987"] I hope you are right, but I'm not as optimistic. Social distancing is only as effective as the least-willing participant. Two weeks ago, certain news outlets, talk radio hosts, and elected officials were doing everything they could to downplay the severity of this pandemic. They called it a hoax, they called it media hype, they called it silly; they openly mocked anyone who tried to warn or prepare. To hear them talk, Covid-19 was another country's problem, it was a ploy to steal our freedom, it was a scheme to undermine our president, it was a bunch of gullible people overreacting. It was literally anything they could think of except a crisis. Now all of those same people are acting surprised, or changing their story, or making excuses, or hiding...they are now trying any trick they can think of to avoid admitting they were wrong. As if hearing "I told you so" was the worst thing that could ever happen to them. So people continue to mistrust their leaders--the ones they elected in the first place--and make them the enemy. Just today, people back home are tweeting about "the government can't take away our constitutional right to assemble" and posting pictures of their church services and picnics last weekend. So keep your eyes on the Southeastern quadrant of the United States. In two weeks' time, they are the ones who are going to be "completely surprised" by this "sudden catastrophe" that "nobody could have predicted." [/QUOTE]
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