Is Covid-19 making us irrational?

Posted on 18 July 2021 under , , , ,

I don’t want to start a panic, but I do wonder whether Covid is making people less able to think properly. I’m not talking about those poor individuals who have actually had the disease. I’m talking about (almost) everyone.

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