https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/long-fuse-big-bang/202003/overcoming-psychological-obstacles-beating-coronavirus
>The normalcy bias, simply put, is people’s tendency to discount the risks of a pending or developing disaster because they interpret their current situation as a continuation of normal life.
>This normalcy bias may make it very difficult for our leaders to do the right thing, because many voters, who keep these leaders in office, will think the leader is panicking when they order a lockdown. And when the lockdown works, and the threat passes with minimal casualties, those same voters will say, “See, I told you it was no big deal. We destroyed our economy for no good reason.”
>The normalcy bias, simply put, is people’s tendency to discount the risks of a pending or developing disaster because they interpret their current situation as a continuation of normal life.
>This normalcy bias may make it very difficult for our leaders to do the right thing, because many voters, who keep these leaders in office, will think the leader is panicking when they order a lockdown. And when the lockdown works, and the threat passes with minimal casualties, those same voters will say, “See, I told you it was no big deal. We destroyed our economy for no good reason.”
