Media round the world are reporting a sudden surge of viral infections in Europe, especially in Germany, France and Spain. It’s probably no coincidence those nations share a chain of borders. We understand how the disease spreads between people. Therefore it’s likely, once again, that human behavior is behind the COVID-19 surge.
Fallibility of Human Behavior Behind a COVID-19 Surge
We are a fractious species at the best of times. We speak of human freedom, yet it seems we hope to achieve this through fighting wars. However, it must also be said our rebellious streak is behind much progress. Irish playwright Bernard Shaw said rebelliousness is behind our moving forward.
The virus spreads between humans, but there are ways we can prevent this happening. However, there’s evidence of fractious human attitudes being behind the COVID-19 surge in Europe:
1… “The virus is human made and there is nothing we can do about it”
2… “COVID-19 only affects older people. Why should I care about this”
3… “I have my human rights and you can’t make me take precautions”
4… “The virus only affects a few people and I will not be affected”
Those Same Fractious Signs are Also Evident in America
Anthony Fauci told NPR on June 30, 2020 America was logging over 40,000 new cases a day. Arizona, Florida and Texas were leading the surge after those states reopened relatively quickly. Indeed, some say they never really had the virus under control either.
RTI International’s Pia Macdonald might have had her finger on it when she commented. “It’s not reopening business as usual. It is reopening in a profoundly new way we need to go about our business for quite a number of years.”
Human behavior could be behind the COVID-19 surge in young people too. They are more likely to work in types of US businesses that are reopening, says Will Stone of NPR. We’ve seen evidence of human fallibility in clustering at parties, and in bars. And close by each other on sun-kissed beaches as was our passion too when we were teens.
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