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| US, Nov 25, Thanksgiving travel |
There is no other way to put it – this pandemic
has exposed the shocking fact that a huge proportion of humankind is dumb. For there is no other way to explain what is
happening around the world:
Israel and the US
“In scenes
recalling Black Friday mobs in the US, thousands crowded together in entrances,
hallways and in stores as they attempted to quench their consumer hunger after
being deprived for close to two months.”
“Americans
couldn’t resist the urge to gather for Thanksgiving, driving only slightly less
than a year ago and largely ignoring the pleas of public health experts, who
begged them to forgo holiday travel to help contain the coronavirus pandemic,
data from roadways and airports shows.”
“Despite the calls
that came from some doctors to ban the open-casket funeral, many mourners who
were not wearing masks or maintaining social distance approached his remains,
with some customarily kissing the cleric's hands or forehead. "
“The statement
refers to a private party in Brussels on November 27. Police stormed the party
in a building housing a gay bar. It has been widely described in Belgian news
reports as a lockdown sex party that allegedly involved men only and included
diplomats and a member of the European Parliament".
“Videos have emerged of thousands of Satmar
Hassidim two weeks ago celebrating the wedding of the grandson of the community’s grand
rabbi in Brooklyn, in what amounts to a massive violation of state COVID-19
regulations.”
As epidemiologist
Michael
Osterholm put it: “I do not know what the disconnect is here.”
It is true that scientists and politicians have
not done enough to educate the population. But what is truly shocking is the behavior of so
many regular people who seem to be completely incapable to understand elementary
scientific concepts and to use their own faculties to comprehend the predicament
we are all in and act accordingly. Psychologists will have a hard task ahead.
