My food delivery came – just in time (one teabag left).
I’ve been looking into the precautions against virus infection today. There are a lot of sensible rules out there. But the thing that strikes me is the way people are not following the rules.
This morning I watched a BBC news report from Scotland, interviewing two pupils talking about why it was good to wear masks – as they stood shoulder to shoulder without masks.
I hate to say it, but there is a grain of truth in the idea that people have been brainwashed. There are some effective speakers out there, and people just listen and accept. We need people to understand the science. But science has become yesterdays news.
It all started some time before this virus. I remember listening to Extinction Rebellion last year – and they clearly were spouting fake facts. When I spoke to people about it the response seemed to be that the end justified the means. But the means involved destroying belief in scientific fact.
And that isn’t the start – the climate change deniers came before them, as did the anti-vaxers.
I think we are all a little guilty of not challenging the fake news that pushes people the way we want.