The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed quite a number of disturbing sociological and socio-political features of societies. It is the same sort of denialism, anti-scientific mindset and magical thinking about the global climate emergency that is thwarting action by some leaders who continue to sell their citizens the falsehood that climate change is a hoax despite compelling data and evidence, including: more dangerous wildfires, more storms, droughts, rising sea levels and the other ravages of a heating climate. Millions of people are getting sick and many are dying because of the magical thinking perpetuated by some leaders. Some types of magical thinking may be amusing in less serious times but is deadly in perilous times such as a pandemic. “Noem has become a star in Trump’s circle by joining in his antagonism toward mainstream scientific opinion: She is one of the few governors who refused to issue a stay-at-home order in the spring, has repeatedly questioned the validity of using masks to reduce viral spread and hosted the president for a massive, tightly packed Fourth of July celebration at Mount Rushmore.” Kristi L Noem (R) has opposed mask mandates and other measures despite the rapid spread in her state. Burgum pleaded with fellow residents late last week to take precautions, as the state’s hospitals are overwhelmed with patients. The Washington Post reported on November 16: “In North Dakota, where cases have rocketed in the past month, Republican Gov Doug Burgum has also acknowledged the phenomenon of disbelief among the population. … The South Dakota Department of Health reported 2,020 new coronavirus infections … a record for positive results in a 24-hour period.” In about mid-November, South Dakota “reported an 18.2 percent increase in daily deaths and a 26.5 percent jump in hospitalizations. Recently, the Dakotas led the United States in deaths and new cases per capita.
Many in North and South Dakota have denied the existence or seriousness of the virus.
She added that despite positive results, some patients believed they were suffering from some other disease or pneumonia. In an interview with CNN, she lamented: “I think the hardest thing to watch is that people are still looking for something else and a magic answer and they do not want to believe Covid is real.” But the magic answers have not materialised.
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Some magical thinking is incurable.ĭoering tweeted that her ER experience was like “a “horror movie that never ends”. But many of those Trump lured into magical thinking, have gotten desperately ill and quite a number have died, still believing the presidential deceits.
These men and Trump, who was also infected, had access to some of the best medical treatment in the United States. Trump’s Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Dr Ben Carson recently admitted that he became “desperately ill” with the virus.Īfter he was infected and became quite ill, former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie apologised for not wearing a mask at a superspreader event at the White House. Quite a number of people have digested the conspiratorial and magical thinking from crackpots online and political leaders like Donald Trump, who from the outset publicly downplayed the deadly and infectious nature of the disease. FaceTiming their families, they’re filled with anger and hatred.”
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In a series of tweets and somber recollections, Doering described the deaths of some patients who “don’t want to believe that Covid is real”, aggressively denying the existence of the virus and the pandemic.ĭoering noted: “Their last dying words are, ‘This can’t be happening. Jodi Doering is an ER nurse in South Dakota who has nursed Covid-19 patients, some of whom have died. Strength of faith, as Bergson pointed out, manifests itself not in moving mountains but in not seeing mountains to move.’ - Eric Hoffer
He cannot be frightened by danger nor disheartened by obstacles nor baffled by contradictions because he denies their existence. ‘It is the true believer’s ability to ‘shut his eyes and stop his ears’ to facts that do not deserve to be either seen or heard which is the source of his unequalled fortitude and constancy.
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