Good article. It provides those of us "living with Covid" in a responsible way, an "explanation" why everyone else seems so stubbornly in denial.

I liked the idea of the "mental threshold" that once crossed becomes extremely difficult to "uncross". Although, that's just a fancy way of saying, "that once someone makes up their mind about something it's hard to get them to change it".

It's things like this, that often make me wonder if "democracy" isn't an inherently flawed concept.

I mean sure, it works great if everyone is an "ubermench" and we are living in John Galt's valley. But, that's not our reality is it?

Indira Ghandi once snapped irritably at a questioner who was rebuking her for her autocratic tendencies. "How do you govern a country by voting when 2/3rds of the population have the intelligence of cows?"

When I was young and idealistic I found that statement so elitist and offensive. Having watched the public response to Covid I understand her frustration completely.

People are GREAT in the abstract, but they break your heart in real life.