The Chief Medical Officer was looking over the latest reports.
He was looking at data that had been gathered from around the country. From time to time the rules for controlling the spread of the disease were brought up to date, depending on where and how quickly the plague was spreading. He was astonished to read the findings of one of the country’s top experts who’d spent a lifetime researching contagious diseases. He was looking at the link found in the gathered data. He read through it all again before calling his assistant to his office.
When he arrived, the chief asked, “Have you seen this report?” holding it up.
“Yes. Fascinating stuff, eh?”
“I’ll say. Whoever would have believed it?”
“Well, it makes sense if you think about it.”
The chief went on. “It says here that there is a direct link between an individual’s attitude and their risk of being infected. They’ve done quite a lot of testing by the look of it and have narrowed it down to that part of the brain that determines the level of a person’s arrogance.”
“Yes. That’s as I understand it. So, this relates directly to the issues we’re finding with people not wearing masks. According to this it’s because they feel it’s beneath their dignity. They just can’t be bothered with that sort of thing.”
The chief said, “What do you suggest?”
“Well, nothing really. I mean, this should speed the whole process up a bit, shouldn’t it?”
The chief nodded and filed the report.