Those who sow panic - will reap panic Israel today

The truth is that I was not a follower of the antigen even for a moment.

Why indulge in a means that even the most lenient gives a result that is only 50 percent reliable?

The house was clean of test systems, to the point where a friend called and asked, "Do you have an antigen kit? I'm been looking for an hour and can't find one."

We turned on a TV and realized that indeed, the antigen kits were out of stock.

And here's another report from a reporter from the north and a reporter standing next to the company's warehouses and there is no antigen.

out of stock.

I collected as a man my loins, traveled around half the country, spent money most of the time and filled the house with antigen.

It will serve us for years to come.

The pens will be ear sticks, the solution test tubes will be soldiers in board games, and the test surfaces - dominoes.

That's how we are.

humans.

That is, not the smartest creature in the world.

It's easiest to panic, it's easiest to create a mass mental state and change it in the blink of an eye.

And so, in this wave, I consistently refrain from watching TV.

What does an edition that opens with "an unprecedented number of infections per day" say?

is nothing.

We already know that the omicron is contagious several times over from all previous strains, but we also know that it is less dangerous, so why report it this way?

Because the number is large, and gives the possibility of a dramatic headline.

And what happens at home?

At the other end of this report?

The vast majority of citizens do the right thing and try (in vain) to follow the guidelines.

He can, at this time, rejoice and be glad and see an old romantic movie again, try to make a successful recipe again, learn a daily page.

What is the panic for?

The saddest decision in this arena belongs to Prime Minister Bennett. Contrary to everything he has preached in the past, he repeatedly stands in front of the cameras, saying things that usually make sense, but utters them with demonstrable hesitation, and his body language conveys disaster. What did we get? The damage that actually the dramatic performance ("If the prime minister appears live, probably the situation on earth") and zero soothing content. I watched it this week. Word for word. Not a word about the low risk, thank God, in the current wave. Not a word of everything is fine and everything is under control. Only unnecessary boasting of imaginary achievements and creating a (clearly incorrect) panic about the following.

Precisely such an obscure wave, which is less dangerous but whose psychological damage can be enormous, should give more room for direct and implied sedation, and less room for everything politicians and journalists know best to do: sow panic.

What would have happened if for two days, for example, the news of the corona had passed to the end of the edition, just before the report of the new hippopotamus born in Safari (the cute antigen) and the weather?

Half the country was relaxed.

Regulates breathing.

Continues to do exactly what needs to be done, but alongside life, and not at their center.

What would happen if the corona updates were delivered through cute broadcasts (I'm damn good!), Rather than at press conferences?

Be calmer, more pleasant.

Sore throat, troublesome cough, forced isolation - but good good good on my heart.

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