This is Why People Refuse to Practice Social Distancing
We’re all guilty of these 5 common errors in logical thinking.
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6 min readApr 10, 2020
Like many of you, I’m spending more of my days scrolling through IG stories of cooked meals, workouts, and insane memes. Thus, a picture of a crowded park in New York City in late March stopped me in my tracks.
Rebecca, an acquaintance of mine, ventured out from her Brooklyn studio for a socially distanced walk around her neighborhood. As she passed a popular waterfront park, she saw something like this:
Who are these monsters? They probably aren’t any of the following:
- Essential workers. No essential work happening in the park on a sunny Sunday afternoon.
- Homeless. Although it’s sometimes difficult to determine who is and isn’t.
- Folks without consistent electricity or running water.
- The hungry walking to or from the grocery store.
- Crazy, insane, nor any other angry label you’ve used.
But why won’t they stay away from each other?
