But isn't that reflective of real life? Like in the tsunami videos from 2004 you see this one guy standing on the beach as the waves come at him and he just can't allow himself to think he's in danger. Or the lady I read about in the South Tower of the World Trade Center who was telling people to go back to their desks instead of evacuating. She couldn't dare to be "paranoid" and opt for safety instead of maybe being wrong and getting judged for it.
I think it's human nature for some people to instantly deny what they're seeing or experiencing if it is outside of their understanding. Like if something has never happened before they can't imagine it happening EVEN AS it is happening! In this much I think the show is actually very realistic and it's this part that makes me the most uncomfortable. Like the neighbor across the street who gets attacked while she's picking up from a birthday party and pretending that everything is normal even as the city is falling apart around her. If a zombie apocalypse were to happen then this is what it would look like.
Normalcy bias.
Something I didn’t understand from last night is why Tobias and the mom left the school without the canned goods. They went through the effort of getting them. Were they so freaked out about the incident with the principal that they forgot all about them? What’s Tobais going to live on while his parents are out of town?