Something in the virus affects some people like a watered down version of rabies. They lose all sense of right and wrong. People who already have a predilection to lying, cheating, and stealing completely lose that "what if I get caught" filter that most sane people have. They lose touch with any empathy or compassion they may have had prior to the outbreak. Logic and reason take a backseat to greed and bloodlust. On the other hand, those who are decent, hard working, empathetic, God-fearing people are absolutely dumbfounded by the bizarre actions of the rest of the nation. They can't bring themselves to stray from their codes of conduct, their honour, and their desire to help others. (That's where the other side swoops in and takes us out at the knees.) Their moral compass stays true even when they can feel the opposition drawing a bead on them. So, yeah, half the country has gone full on Cujo.
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not only does the virus affect each person differently, pointing to the fact that its a man-made bioweapon and not something from nature, but the extreme Nazi-Germany levels of propaganda also create that rabies behavior in people that you are talking about. People who would have normally been sane adults, see another adult not wearing a mask and say to them "you are murdering someones grandma" by not wearing a face diaper? Its pure insanity.