The editors have decided not to post any Covid-19 pandemic messages for the time being (still news items such as from Bangkok Post). The government and the media have succeeded in making a large part of the population terrified of Covid-19, and that is also the case with some of our readers.

We no longer feel like having to moderate unfounded and unsubstantiated reactions over and over again. And that of readers who just shout or parrot something out of their emotion. Unfortunately, there are also a number of readers who cannot separate the message from the messenger and become personal (this may also have to do with intelligence and not everyone is blessed with that).

Fear is an extremely strong emotion, so strong that there is no room for objectivity and reason. Arguing with anxious people is pointless unless you take away the fear first.

Another problem is that reason cannot simply remove fear. That is how it is arranged in the brain. Emeritus professor Pierre Capel explains this clearly in this video:

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