With so
many different restrictions being introduced up and down the country and
changes being made almost daily. It will come as no surprise that more and more
people are losing all faith in the government and those who profess to have our
best interest at heart.
As we
enter into a second lockdown there are so many questions yet to be answered
from the first that you may begin to wonder if there’s more to this coronavirus
than meets the eye. One interesting question that springs to mind is why is it
that the media seems solely focused on promoting doom and gloom when reporting
about the coronavirus.
Interestingly
enough Theresa May herself recently challenge her own party about the data
being used to justify this current lockdown. In her address and I paraphrase she
made the point that the number of cases had fallen across the age ranges and
that it appeared that the figures were being chosen to support policy and not policy
being formed based on known figures.
On the other hand, we have Cognitive dissonance, the mental conflict that occurs when beliefs or assumptions are contradicted by new information. Dissonance is most painful when evidence strikes at the heart of how we see ourselves. When it threatens our belief that we are caring, ethical, competent or sensible.
When attempting to digest all the information around covid19
as to its severity or not based on personal experience and the science, it not
surprising to find the government trying to justify the wisdom of their choice and find reasons to dismiss the alternatives being presented. As government justifies each step taken
after the original decision, they will find it harder to admit they were wrong
at the outset. Especially when the end result proves self-defeating,
wrongheaded, or harmful.
In these unprecedented times, it’s imperative
that the truth be brought to the forefront and made known to every man, woman
and child.
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