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| Sociologist: When the situation becomes more dramatic the attitude of the public will change |
| Prag, 26.10.2020 |
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“Catastrophic“, “alarming”, “dramatic”, those are just some of the adjectives used to describe the deepening coronavirus crisis in the Czech Republic. Politicians, doctors and data specialists have appealed to the public to adhere to the tight restrictions intended to help avert a disastrous scenario. However opinion polls indicate that a third of Czechs are still refusing to wear face-masks where they are compulsory and many consider the government-ordered lockdown to be over the top.
Why has the Czech Republic, which was deemed exemplary in the first wave of the pandemic, lost control and what will it take for people to start taking the coronavirus threat seriously? Those are some of the questions I put to sociologist Jan Hartl.
“Well the situation in the second wave is very different from that in the first wave. In the first wave this was something completely new and we could observe an increase in solidarity, cooperation and discipline. This time, although the situation is much more serious, people’s behaviour is different. Older people are very much afraid of the second wave and are very disciplined in adhering to the restrictions, limiting their social contacts and so on, while the younger generation does not seem to care much.”
What is behind the rejection of face-masks and other restrictions? After all, people have already seen what the virus can do in Italy or New York – so why do they find it so hard to accept that this is more than just a flu?
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