“Hopiumists” and the Normalisation Prediction
“Hopiumists” coined: those who downplay each variant. Predicted Covid would become normalised despite ongoing biological danger. Comprehensively validated: peer-reviewed journals continue to demonstrate the dangers seen in March-April 2020.
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The “Hopiumist” as a character type — the person who performs optimism as a substitute for analysis. The normalisation prediction validated: society normalised a virus that remained dangerous, exactly as predicted.