Indifference, public apathy, or nerves on edge: How society is being numbed?

Pandemic, war, casualties, losses, a severe social and economic situation—a never-ending chain of problems and an inadequate public response. Is this indifference, public apathy, or a self-defense instinct? According to a psychologist, people have been exhausted by the overwhelming negativity, and the roots of the problem should be sought further back in history.