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The Risk of ‘Hygiene Theater’
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Jul 27, 2020
A great story from Derek Thompson at The Atlantic: “Covid-19 has reawakened America’s spirit of misdirected anxiety, inspiring businesses and families to obsess over risk-reduction rituals that make us feel safer but don’t actually do much to reduce risk — even as more dangerous activities are still allowed. This is hygiene theater.”
