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Did COVID doubters' perspective get lumped in with deniers?

Title (Dublin Core)

Did COVID doubters' perspective get lumped in with deniers?

Description (Dublin Core)

I believe we all know someone during the worst days of the pandemic who doubted that it was as serious as it really was. Perhaps they willingly discussed their perspective, reluctantly talked about it if pressed, or just did not even want to talk about it. I am not talking about the people seen in the attached article that were out protesting masks or vaccines, pushing conspiracy theories on 5G and Bill Gates' love of vaccines. I am thinking of the people we work with, are friends with, or very likely are in our families that just really just wanted life back to normal and did not think the global reaction was justified.
A casual search of the internet for the perspectives of COVID doubters, or those who thought that the reaction to the pandemic was over-the-top, immediately sends you to articles and stories about the horrors and idiocy of the COVID deniers who pushed crazy theories about world dominance. Wouldn't it be nice to understand how the middle ground of the pandemic felt, lived, and reacted to the reality of the pandemic, if at all? We owe it to future generations to not only highlight the worst in the deniers, as seen in the attached article, but to also illustrate the everyday people who just were not sure who to believe, fake news or science. One thing is for sure, it is not fair to lump everyone in the middle into the far right. I would like to hear the stories of people who doubtfully lived in the pandemic, their trials, frustrations, and tribulations and if they had any change of heart or ideals. Their perspective will give a further understanding of the sociological impact of the pandemic.

Date (Dublin Core)

April 8, 2021

Creator (Dublin Core)

Samira Shackle

Contributor (Dublin Core)

Jason Inskeep

Type (Dublin Core)

article

Link (Bibliographic Ontology)

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2021/apr/08/among-covid-sceptics-we-are-being-manipulated-anti-lockdown
https://web.archive.org/web/20220403222511/https://www.theguardian.com/news/2021/apr/08/among-covid-sceptics-we-are-being-manipulated-anti-lockdown

Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)

English Pandemic Skeptics
English Government Federal
English Science
English Social Issues

Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)

vaccine
mask
PCR test
skepticism
Prime Minister Boris Johnson
United Kingdom
protest
London

Contributor's Tags (a true folksonomy) (Friend of a Friend)

London
doubt
science
protest
silence
themiddle
frustration
mentalhealth

Linked Data (Dublin Core)

Jason Inskeep Biography Sheet

Date Submitted (Dublin Core)

04/03/2022

Date Modified (Dublin Core)

04/03/2022
04/06/2022
05/25/2022

Date Created (Dublin Core)

04/08/2021

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Covid 19

This item was submitted on April 3, 2022 by Jason Inskeep using the form “Share Your Story” on the site “A Journal of the Plague Year”: https://www.covid-19archive.org/s/archive

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