I had been hoping this article was going to be about actual psychosomatic effects based on peoples beliefs. Like say if the people who didn't care about the epidemic actually had lower fatality rates. That would be interesting, alas.
I think a big problem is that people assume that everyone is experiencing the pandemic the same way. So then they think how can anybody think things are okay, when they may have been relatively untouched in their location.
Isn't that an entirely roundabout approach to viewing the issue though? They are targeting the treatment rather than the cause. And because the treatment being the problem in their eyes, they don't adhere to it, making the problem worse. It's like getting a 3 month treatment of anti-biotics, taking 2 pills, throwing the rest away and saying that anti-biotics don't work.
