1. At the very beginning of the pandemic, when case numbers were minuscule in Northern Ireland, I used social media networks - specifically Facebook - as an analogy to explain to friends how they would witness exponential growth of infections in their own social circle.
2. First, they would hear that friends of friends had caught it, the threat still seeming distant, then acquaintances, then closer friends or work colleagues. The point was that social media networks would illustrate what appeared an ever-closing concentric circle of infection.
@brownecfm Thanks for sharing this insight/experience - interesting comparison to encroachment of infections early on. This increasing incidence of sequelae you’re seeing - are those affected acknowledging the role of their Cvd infection/s? Or are they just generally normalising poor health
@brownecfm Yes. People’s perception of risk is to a large extent based on personal experience or knowledge. The absence of public health messaging and mitigation supports the low risk narrative too. Hence masks/vaccinations etc. not deemed necessary.