The pandemic has certainly shown that very few people really understand risk and, as importantly IMO, are intolerant of those with a different risk profile to their own. As seen in the early days when social media were rife with people complaining about the behaviours of others… At one level though it’s entirely rational if you are in your 20s with, what, 60+ years ahead of you, to be more concerned about long term unknown risks than someone in their 60s who could be dead in 10/15 years… ;)
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