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Author Topic: The psychological impact of a world in crisis | Psychological distancing, denial issues etc.  (Read 998 times)

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Masked Man preface comment:
I personally believe people are desensitized and have distanced themselves from the true dangers of covid and underestimate the dangers of modern illness .. maybe this program touches upon and helps explain some of that inability to appreciate and fully perceive a threat when danger presents itself…

The psychological impact of a world in crisis | DW Documentary

SUMMARY:
Natural disasters and wars, each seemingly more devastating than the last. Are we becoming desensitized to this constant stream of bad news? And could that actually be necessary to help us stay functional amid global conflict and the climate crisis?

Are we growing emotionally numb to relentless negative headlines? Or is this emotional distance essential to keeping our survival instincts intact?

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To me, the Aesop’s fable describes and captures the most human tendency on a mass level to fail to take heed and protect themselves in regards to covid and/or any outbreak of viruses and illnesses …

“The Boy Who Cried Wolf” is an Aesop fable that teaches a lesson about lying. The story follows a shepherd boy who repeatedly deceives villagers by claiming a wolf is attacking his flock. The villagers rush to help each time, only to find the boy laughing at their expense. When a real wolf appears, the villagers don't believe the boy's cries for help, and the wolf destroys his flock.”

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What gets me most about this fable is was the boy really lying or was the boy who cried wolf simply able to see the fore-coming danger ? After all the wolf did come and made a feast out of the flock.

Even as a child I’ve always viewed and interpreted “the boy who cried wolf” more less like a liar and more like a prophet able to foresee the future.
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Concerning "The Boy Who Cried Wolf," it would depend upon the wording of the fable in determining if the boy could be considered a prophet.

However, it is mindful that, the more generic a prediction is, the less useful it shall be. Take, for instance, the occurrence of earthquakes. Earthquakes happen every day across the planet. I could make the prediction, "An earthquake of some magnitude shall strike the earth tomorrow," and be entirely accurate. However, that prediction would be of little use. The same could be said of volcanic activity or automobile accidents or any sort of generic calamity.

Whenever a claim is made, the claim must be specific and have some type of evidence to back up the claim. When scientists and politicians raised concerns that the volcano "Mount St. Helens" might erupt in 1980, they were only as precise as the data would allow. Volcanic activity does not always precede eruptions but volcanic activity is often associated with eruptions and this fact needed to be conveyed so that the potentially-affected populace had an adequate chance of remaining safe.
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...I tell ya what is crazy is mass denial in regards to genocide ... to me this mass denial has got to be the same with denial regarding pandemics and outbreaks...betcha at least 48 parent of the U.S. Millennial doesn't even know about long covid... so much denial...

Being the grandson of a woman born in Hungary I find it shocking that

"Nationally, 48 percent of U.S. Millennial and Gen Z could not name a single one of the more than 40,000 concentration camps or ghettos established during World War II."

SUMMARY:
"FIRST-EVER 50-STATE SURVEY ON HOLOCAUST KNOWLEDGE OF AMERICAN MILLENNIALS AND GEN Z REVEALS SHOCKING" RESULTS

LINK:
https://www.claimscon.org/millennial-study/

.. then ya got the CDC declaring Hospitals are no longer required to report COVID-19 data to CDC
By Dave Muoio
Apr 30, 2024 LINK:
https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/providers/hospitals-no-longer-required-report-covid-19-data-cdc

… how we gonna know anything about long covid if hospitals don’t have to report anything? Seems like denial to me plays a role in not gathering evidence and data about covid.

There seems to be giant gaps in history being made.. like nobody  even had to count cases of covid at hospitals. What a weird thing for the cdc to not do. The excuse is that it burdens the healthcare system to make such reports but I’m skeptical of this given the power of computers. Seems like healthcare would be burdened more by not reporting covid cases because people will get more covid if they aren’t even counting cases. If we don’t count cases of covid or other viruses at healthcare facilities then it’s like lost history and lost evidence.. I won’t be proved to future generations .. it’s just weird not to have strived to get that covid Data .. I can’t help but speculate it’s reflective more of a ‘denial’ on the cdc and it’s governing faction.
With all our computer technology and all the things we do count I find it hard to believe we can’t collectively count covid cases.

Just the fact this site isn’t teeming and frequented with nurses, doctors, and healthcare giving thumbs ups to these studies and articles indicates denial and even aversion to a form of knowledge and truth pertaining to viruses.
This site is perfect for those interested in the human condition and sets forth an outline of viruses and defines and reveals patterns and truths about microscopic entities at play… talk about denial and lack of acknowledgment and interest from the medical world and the applied science people insofar as paying attention to a perfect archive of the human condition.

This site might prove to be one of the few resources scholars have to draw on historically
In the future when they study the times we currently live in.

To me it feels like this... I am a pandemic survivor because I mask and take precations like crazy and haven't caught covid because to me its a novel unpredictable disease .. furthermore to me the pandemic is far from over.. the enemy(covid) is still firing away mutating with slightly different calibre ..the enemy so to speak is alive and well... I'm not about to sayme or  my 77 year old loved one is safe to catch covid now. For me covid is still alive and well so for me the pandemic is far from over in fact is is more dangerous because of other wo underestimate the long term repercussions and complications covid continues to bring people. So that's my view on the matter.

For me the pandemic rages on because covid still poses a threat as currently we've got new variants continuing to thrive and evolve. Fro my perspective far too many people underestimate covid and the dangers of catching any airborne illness at this time in history and they are in denial choosing to treat covid like its a cold willing to catch it and risk long term health repercussions in the face of the new variants.


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