How do you relate to this?

[bigtree]

...this isn't my world, and I can't begin to fathom how (or why) we're supposed to appeal to these people who are willing dupes of the republican, right-wing.

Dasha Burns @DashaBurns 3h
THREAD: I just spent 3 days with frontline workers at hospitals in a part of Appalachia where hospitalizations have more than doubled in the last month. But hospital staff say many in their hard-hit communities still don’t believe COVID is real. Misinformation is rampant.

Dasha Burns @DashaBurns 3h
One nurse told me stories of otherwise healthy 30 year-olds coming in short of breath and not understanding why. She tries showing them chest x-rays and explaining evidence of the disease, but often they don’t believe they have COVID until they’re in critical condition.

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[JI7]

1. You can only do so much. We see that we are better off in getting support

in other places.

[Frustratedlady]

2. I saw videos of nurses from the Dakotas say the same type of thing.

No one likes to say, "I told you so!" but... So many still believe COVID is a hoax and there aren't enough hours to deprogram them into understanding the truth. They are so indoctrinated in their own beliefs, their only lesson is to go through the experience, I guess. For many, that is too late.

[elleng]

3. 'politicization and misinformation around COVID are having tragic real-world consequences.'