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Re:Coronavirus and Credibility by elorant on Monday April 06, 2020 @06:47AM (#22792495)
I think that a lot of the people who are deniers are afraid of the economical consequences from the lockdown because they will be hit harder than others. So in their mind they choose to underplay the epidemic in order to justify their insecurity.
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Re:Coronavirus and Credibility by nullc on Monday April 06, 2020 @06:50AM (#22792514)
Meh. I'm extremely dubious, often in politics we often see the public arguing against their own economic self-interest. Why should this be any different?

It's tempting to give ignorance and fear a complicated explanation couched in the suspicion of greedy forces. It's not parsimonious. Plain ignorance and distrust is sufficient.

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