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by chtitux 1675 days ago
At some point of the pandemic, we will discover we should have put more effort in the psychology effects of the words.

Make people panicking is probably not a very good thing to do if we want to expect them to take the best decisions.

Special mention to French president that described March 2020 situation as « This is a war ».

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He actually called, and held regular "defense councils" (with generals, etc.) to deal with the Covid situation.

Was it because they are less compromised by industry than public health officials? Or just because it's popular with voters? Your guess is as good as mine.

war on freedom.