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“Some people put their faith in violet-leaf tea, goose-grease poultices, garlic buds, castor oil, salt water snuffed up the nose, or hot coals sprinkled with sulphur or brown sugar and carried through the house accompanied by clouds of billowing smoke.”
― Steven Taylor, The Psychology of Pandemics: Preparing for the Next Global Outbreak of Infectious Disease

“Evidence suggests that the tendency to believe in conspiracy theories is driven by motives that can be characterized as epistemic (needing to understand one’s environment), existential (needing to feel safe and in control of one’s environment), and social (needing to maintain a positive image of oneself and one’s in-group) (Douglas et al., 2017).”
― Steven Taylor, The Psychology of Pandemics: Preparing for the Next Global Outbreak of Infectious Disease

“People with high levels of health anxiety sometimes regard clinics as a source of sickness rather than a resource for help.”
― Steven Taylor, The Psychology of Pandemics: Preparing for the Next Global Outbreak of Infectious Disease

“John Steinbeck once said that socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires.”
― Ronald Wright, A Short History of Progress