The number of specialists broadcasting on the Internet, on television, on the radio about the COVID-19 virus, has long exceeded the number of sick and infected. In addition to the exact numbers that anyone can find on the WHO page, we are filled with endless fears, horrors and recipes.
“Take 2 kg of river sand, rinse it with hot water, finely chop the cabbage, add ginger root to taste. Put all this for two hours in a dark closet. In the morning, take two tablespoons until the end of life. ”
How do you like this medicine? Or here: “At the dawn, go to the edge of the forest, anoint the forehead with honey, collect ten blades of grass, saying:“ Go away, the virus, go away! ”.
When I read recipes of this kind, I recall the old film “Nasruddin in Bukhara”, in which the wonderful Lev Sverdlin played the main role. Remember how, saving a rich khan, he came up with the formula: “He who wears a copper shield, he has a copper forehead! Kiss under the tail of my ass! "
Honestly, honestly, I would like to offer this formula to all pseudo-experts who are fooling people who are already in an anxious state.
Always the danger that cannot be seen, felt, heard, seems much worse than it actually is. Our psyche paints us terrible pictures, which are complemented by recipes and forecasts of "virologists", about which I wrote above. This probably applies to all of us - people who write, speak and show. We must think well, because we don’t know how our word will respond in our hearts, and here you can’t do without a classic.
Being in isolation causes even self-confident, strong and stable people to have a growing sense of anxiety. If we add unverified information and fakes to this, then it’s not far from mass panic. And panic is a virus worse than that from which we protect ourselves with masks and washing our hands.
The fear of a threat that cannot be seen is surreal, the human psyche endows such a threat with incredible qualities and therefore makes this fear emotionally stronger.
Added to this is unconscious claustrophobia, that is, fear of enclosed spaces. Requirements for self-isolation, the inability to do their own thing, restrictions on movement - these fears lead to a subconscious desire to avoid such situations. Since it is difficult in quarantine, claustrophobia is increasing. Fear of being in a confined space is often an occasion to hide the symptoms of the disease from others, which is already really dangerous for society.
And the absence of clear criteria for the duration and end of the danger creates a feeling of hopelessness, disbelief in solving the problem.
“I don’t see the end of the tunnel - it means I will stay in it” - a similar formula is fixed in the psyche, suppressing the will and desire to find a way out of it.
Why shouldn't those who are responsible for the information security of Russian society take the liberty of making a time forecast for how long the pandemic can last, what are the real timelines for breaking the isolation? And indicate, for example, a plug - from and to?
It is clear that no one can give a completely accurate answer on the timing, but you can make a note of certainty and thus create a sense of the finiteness of this fear in society.
And I really want to see such virologists (and politicians) on the TV screen who have the courage to make such a forecast. Undoubtedly, this will help to deal with the consequences of the pandemic and isolation more than endless tedious stories about how vaccines are created, which molecule should be added to ensure a long and healthy life for all of us. It is absolutely certain that boring speeches, apart from an increase in the anxiety state in society, give nothing new.
In these bright days, it's time to remember the holy book - the Bible. Remember Azazel? Find the guilty one and he will answer for your sins. In an attempt to find an excuse for his own fear, a man eagerly looks for someone to blame. Thus, homo sapiens unloads his own psyche, tears apart the closed space of fear. So completely delusional versions of the appearance of the virus are born, in which the enemy is necessarily present. From battle microbes capable of emotions and affecting certain ethnic groups, to the Masonic conspiracy to establish a world order. The remedy of Makropoulos from such fools has not yet been invented, but there is already a patent:
Communicating with a fool, you won’t turn shame.
Therefore, the advice you listen to Khayyam:
The poison offered to you by the sage, accept
From the hands of a fool do not take balm.
Omar Khayyam
The author’s point of view may not coincide with the position of the publisher.