For this reason I think it is important to know how to distinguish between individuals who belong to one group or another; with the former we can be a little more open by making them question the wisdom of everything that is happening, not seeking to confront but to open a channel of questions that will eventually lead them to rethink everything they believe when the time is right.
But then, on my morning walk, I ran into a neighbor (who by her own admission is not very smart) who said she is going to work, that this thing is overblown, etc etc. So not everyone is falling for the propaganda.
I had a surprising experience today. A client called me for some project, and after we finished we chatted a bit about the situation. Little by little, each of us revealed a bit of skepticism, we kind of "circled" around each other. At the end of the chat, turns out that she is familiar with Dr. Wordarg's work, questions the numbers, knows about how the Italians count their deaths and why this matters, pities the elderly who might sooner die from isolation than from the virus, says all this is overblown and that the real concern is the economy, and that a friend of hers who is a doctor just shakes her head in disbelief about all that. Whew!! Another friend of ours, a lawyer, also told us he thinks the whole thing is totally overblown. This gives me hope!