Re:Omicron variant more resistant to vaccine but causes less...
by sjg007 on Tuesday December 14, 2021 @06:53PM
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The sophomoric response would be the trope that teenagers always think they are invincible and it won’t happen to me. I think some people never grow out of that phase.
There is also something called the normalcy bias which has an interplay with psychology and risk assessments.
Something like 1 in 400 can easily become 1 in 200. At what point does the majority notice and act appropriately?
Some people are scared that there have been 800k+ deaths in the U.S. Others say that's only 1 in 400, mostly old and with commodities, and not that big a deal.