Republicans and Democrats See Covid-19 Differently. Is That Making People Sick?

As more of our existence moves into the virtual realm, the virtual realm carries more weight than the physical reality. This was foreseen with the rise of mass media decades ago - long enough to have been forgotten - and now we&#x27;re just living it out. This is combined with post-truth - the world is complicated, and we&#x27;re swamped with conflicting expert opinions. So we fall back to solipsism - nothing truly matters until it affects <i>you</i>.<p>I had been hoping this article was going to be about actual psychosomatic effects based on peoples beliefs. Like say if the people who didn&#x27;t care about the epidemic actually had lower fatality rates. <i>That</i> would be interesting, alas.

The fact that, back in June, 61% percent of republicans thought that the worst of the crisis was behind us explains how the epidemic picked up so much pace. That was an increase from 42% in April. I wonder what the current figures are.