I don't think that's it. I would say that the feeling is what reinforces the hard-coded behavior to assimilate. I do not think you need to appeal to people emotionally to win them over, if that were the case, it would be difficult to find people to man the gas chambers. I believe that if the majority of people are doing something, then it will quickly feel right to most individuals after they have been added to the group.
This is where social media needs to be blown up. If you live your life virtually and everyone on your Facebook page is saying the same thing...well...
Tom me it looks like the US is late stage 3rd wave It may not be the best tracking site but I've been using it since the beginning. Feel free to suggest better sites.
I was looking at that shoulder this morning. That would suck. TBH I wouldn't be half as concerned about this virus if I believed that it was a byproduct of natural phenomena. Because I think it likely that it isn't, I am concerned about the mutational space it has to explore. In short, if it were engineered, it could have overcome energy/order thresholds that put it in an energy well with many new accessible niches.