Is it possible we’ll forget about COVID-19?
Illinois Public Media
On March 20, 2020, Gov. JB Pritzker (D-Illinois) issued a statewide 'Stay-At-Home' order to limit the spread of COVID-19 in Illinois. Two years later, the pandemic has taken 37,000 lives in Illinois alone, has left most of us with painful memories, some of which we’re attempting to work through and others, we’re trying hard to forget. The nature of memory is a funny thing though. Neuroscientists in many cases say we will inevitably, over time, forget about the pandemic.
To discuss it, we were joined by a neuroscientist and a licensed clinical psychologist.
GUESTS:
Dr. Michelle Cutler
Associate Professor of Clinical Psychology at the Chicago School of Professional Psychology
Dr. Scott Small
Director of the Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center at Columbia University, author of Forgetting: The Benefits of Not Remembering
We are approaching the 2-year mark of the Covid pandemic’s onset. How will we remember, and how will we forget, these years? Neuroscientist Scott A. Small considers the question. https://t.co/JCB0EnO3uY
— New York Times Opinion (@nytopinion) March 10, 2022
Prepared for web by Reginald Hardwick and Owen Henderson
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