Risk of what is negligible? 80% seems awfully low for making the decision in question.
Might be the availability heuristic but I’m not sure which article you’re talking about. It applies to events that are easy to imagine. Dramatic events and events frequently covered by news certainly fit.
Aknowledge their feelings and the basis for them first, then present the facts and hope they make the right decision themselves. Aknowledge their feelings repeatedly if necessary. Feeling understood isn’t usually about the facts.
You could compare ebola with other infectious disease like tuberculosis for example, which should be far more scary for the time being especially since it’s airborne. Viral hepatitis isn’t and you should be scared shitless of it if you’re afraid of catching ebola.
Risk of what is negligible? 80% seems awfully low for making the decision in question.
Might be the availability heuristic but I’m not sure which article you’re talking about. It applies to events that are easy to imagine. Dramatic events and events frequently covered by news certainly fit.
Aknowledge their feelings and the basis for them first, then present the facts and hope they make the right decision themselves. Aknowledge their feelings repeatedly if necessary. Feeling understood isn’t usually about the facts.
You could compare ebola with other infectious disease like tuberculosis for example, which should be far more scary for the time being especially since it’s airborne. Viral hepatitis isn’t and you should be scared shitless of it if you’re afraid of catching ebola.