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Coronavirus and Human Psychology
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Yes I know, you’re sick of hearing about coronavirus, and quite frankly, so am I, but, I must admit, I’ve never seen anything quite like this before. The global scale of the measures to halt the spread are unprecedented.
The Entire World’s doing the same thing; restricting travel, self-isolating, closing schools, shops and workplaces, keeping only the basic food and supply shops open.
Granted, it’s not that all the world’s countries have come together and agreed this is what should be done. Rather, they’re the most logical things to do given the situation. Even ISIS have declared their terrorists should stay away from Europe for fear of the virus (now if that’s not the most ridiculous thing I’ve ever heard… but at least coronavirus is good for something).
Increased Global Connectedness
In this ever-more connected world we live in, the ability to instantly communicate with a stranger on the other side of the globe has become so commonplace, it’s faded into the realm of ‘it was always like that wasn’t it?’ Everyone now has the ability to voice their opinions through an almost endless…
