You need to know your enemy better than yourself. Much, much better. It’s best to know how Sars Cov 2 “thinks.” What its biological intelligence tells you it wants. But viruses don’t “think, ” they just do. They are ruthless, invisible parasites that make the Aliens in “Alien” appear pretty pussycats. Yet with the aid […]
Coronavirus Public Health Blog 5.14.20 Covid-19 and the Pleasures of Denial
Catastrophe provokes varied responses. Particularly if the catastrophe is truly unexpected, like the arrival of interstellar aliens on the White House lawn. One of the more common responses to disaster is the psychological defense of denial – the problem doesn’t exist. Covid-19 demonstrates that denial is more than protean, it can provide (for some) […]