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This. I'm terrified by the number of utter idiots violating the restrictions and putting so many vulnerable people at risk. Or those people recorded while spreading their spit all over a train cart. Where is this coming from? What is those people's end game? It can't be due to stupidity; there must be some malice in this behaviour as well, right?

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This is classic attention seeking behavior by people who have suffered trauma (neglect, physical/emotional abuse, etc) themselves. Their brain is wired differently than a "normal" brain due to the trauma.

Some people just want to watch the world burn

Some people want to watch the world sneeze

I don't think there is any malice, it's just ignorance. We're in uncharted territory here and people have no idea how to behave. Not to mention humans are social creatures and it's very much against our instincts to be shut-ins that don't interact.

What... what?! You think that

| ...those people recorded while spreading their spit all over a train cart.

are simply acting in ignorance because they have no idea how to behave?

Oh I misunderstood, yes some people vwant too see the world burn or alternatively they don't understand the gravity of the situation and the potential harm to themselves or others.

> We’re in uncharted territory here [...]

Small point of disagreement on this one. There may not be a 1:1 correspondence between what’s happening now and any exact historical event, but I would have hoped that traditionally Western nations would have studied countries affected by SARS (et al.) and learned from their successes/failures.

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