Originally Posted by
HermanH
Was watching one sociologist on the news who suggested that "it's not real until they personally know someone with CoVid" effect is common.
I've often wondered why officials haven't been more pro-active in showing chains of transmission. While I can fully understand privacy issues and the fear of ostracization, they could at least talk about "Jane got it at work from a customer. She brought it home and infected the entire household. The son went to hockey practice and gave it to the entire team. Daughter went to daycare and infected 1/2 the staff and kids. Hubby took it to his office and infected them. etc."
Since young people are so tightly linked with their social media accounts, why not ask them to voluntarily send out a message to every contact about their infection? A quick self-image of themselves in an ICU posted to a social media account seems far more powerful to some people than all the press conference announcements. Certain age categories seem unable to accept CoVid without anecdotal evidence.