Individualism vs. Public good

I mean… you've kind of got to work the country you've got. The US is extremely individualistic and not particularly risk-averse. It's also extremely polarized. None of that is going to change overnight. Public health strategies probably need to accept those as constraints. https://t.co/J363a8InQn

— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) December 31, 2021

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— Harris Levy (@HarrisL585) December 31, 2021

It won’t work on the Trump cult members. They’re not concerned about protecting others. They’re only concerned about themselves.

— Harris Levy (@HarrisL585) December 31, 2021

I don’t really buy “individualism” as a huge distinguishing cultural characteristic between the US and, say, Australia — two countries that pre-Covid I think everyone would have said are very much part of the same cultural milieu. https://t.co/dRUxGh8ZSE

— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) January 1, 2022