It’s similar to the situation where a culture meets another culture for the first time. Think Spanish/Aztecs, Pilgrims/Indians, Japanese/Westerners. They are afraid of each other because societal norms are different for each group. Each group then attempts to project their own societal norms on the other group and unless a understanding can be arrived upon, a disaster usually results......................
Interesting! And the meeting ground here has been the “pandemic.”