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The Psychology of COVID

Grey BrinsonMarch 21, 2022

I ran across a couple of articles in <a data-cke-saved-href="https://knowablemagazine.org/" href="https://knowablemagazine.org/">Knowable Magazine</a>. I've often wondered how the government and the "main stream media" attempts to engineer the response to the pandemic could have failed so miserably. These articles give some insight in to this along with helping to answer how "alternative" media sources didn't perform too well either.<ul><li><a data-cke-saved-href="https://knowablemagazine.org/article/mind/2022/pandemic-psychology-nothing-new-under-sun" href="https://knowablemagazine.org/article/mind/2022/pandemic-psychology-nothing-new-under-sun">Pandemic psychology: Nothing new under the Sun</a> - Steven Taylor</li><li><a data-cke-saved-href="https://knowablemagazine.org/article/society/2021/question-lab-leak-theory-dont-call-it-conspiracy" href="https://knowablemagazine.org/article/society/2021/question-lab-leak-theory-dont-call-it-conspiracy">Question the ‘lab leak’ theory. But don’t call it a conspiracy</a>. - Ivan Oransky</li></ul>These articles are among many Knowable magazine has related to these topics. I don't know much about this publication's biases or intentions, but these are good "make-you-think" articles. They raise points that should help you analyze your thinking on any number of polarizing issues.I had originally intended to comment on the articles and I'll probably do so in the future, but the overarching need is for people to form their opinions logically. Don't be afraid to voice an opinion that might be called extreme if logic takes you there, but at the same time don't let yourself get overly influenced by people on TV who like to loudly proclaim inflammatory material and call people names. They aren't trying to educate you; they are trying to either scare you or make you mad in the pursuit of ratings.