2020 - When Stupidity Proved Infectious

[Apologies for the ghastly, petulant, malicious orange thing in the thumbnail. No, not that one, the thing on the "right".]

Contagion of the Mind: How the World Failed in 2020 - BlQu > .

Over the course of the past year, humanity witnessed a public health catastrophe unlike any seen in a century. Before the novel coronavirus struck, it may have been reasonable to expect that global institutions, international cooperation and 21st century know-how would trigger a fast and methodical worldwide fight to tame the pathogen and minimize loss of life. Unfortunately, that isn't what happened. [Just as culpable, stupid, credulous, selfish twerps not only refused to follow recommendations, but spread DISinformation counter to scientific expertise.]