Psychological 'reactance' and the pandemic

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ZDoggMD@zdoggmd

August 24, 2021

Psychological "reactance" and the pandemic

Really interesting take on vaccine "hesitancy" that takes into account moral matrices and psychology. Let me know your thoughts, I sense a Z-video in this somewhere.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/aug/19/book-psychology-pandemics-steven-taylor

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‘No one wanted to read’ his book on pandemic psychology – then Covid hit

Australian psychologist Steven Taylor published what would turn out to be a prophetic book, and it has become like a Lonely Planet guide to the pandemic

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