Dealing With Pandemic Denial: When You’re Scapegoated for Sheltering-In-Place

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Over the past two weeks, many people around the world have been ordered to “shelter-in-place” to prevent the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19). Those that adhere to these orders are sometimes pressured to violate them by family, friends, and even their employer; when they resist, they may find that they have suddenly become the ‘scapegoat’ because they challenged someone’s denial…

Denial as Part of a Social Epidemic Response Pattern

Lately I’ve encountered many people who appear to be in deni...