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Originally Posted by aerovette

Not trusting the media is 100% the media's fault. The public not listening to the media is 100% the media's fault. The spread of this virus because of disbelief of the media, is the media's fault. In essence, this pandemic and associated hoarding, supply shortages and over-run medical resources is the media's fault. They can NEVER change that. I will never again trust anything I hear on the news. What should be a tool to keep us safe and informed, has become a tool of self-serving sensationalism, societal division, political poison, and a downright dangerous entity.

Nicole, yes, you are on the front lines and you are seeing this all first hand BUT, if you stripped away the panicked people that sneezed, those with a cold, the hypochondriacs, the paranoid, and the unnecessary noise from what you are doing, re-evaluate the actual COVID situation and then tell us how bad it is. Without the noise. Yes, it is contagious, yes it is deadly, but it has already statistically failed to be the worst of the worst and the panic has become the bigger issue than the pandemic.

An example of the media not stoking panic:

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