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The Bystander Effect In Today's Modern Era

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The Bystander Effect In today's modern era when some event or accident occurs, there is a high probability that someone out there will take a picture or record a video without helping. That is what is known as a bystander--a person that is present but doesn’t take action. It’s believed that some people don’t take a stand because they are afraid of all the negative outcomes of involvement, even if it means helping someone. For instance while a person could be doing CPR they could break the other person’s ribs and get sued or the person’s relative could complain about it and ask for that person to pay for the medical expenses. Also they could be afraid of germs or sicknesses that the person might have so they don’t help them so nothing like
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