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Feb 1st in Business Insider: https://www.businessinsider.com/tests-for-coronavirus-us-might-not-actually-work-cdc-says-2020-1 https://www.businessinsider.com/te

Feb 1st in Business Insider: https://www.businessinsider.com/tests-for-coronavirus-us-might-not-actually-work-cdc-says-2020-1 https://www.businessinsider.com/tests-for-coronavirus-us-mig... Feb 12th in the NYTimes: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/12/health/coronavirus-test-kits-cdc.html https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/12/health/coronavirus-test-k... Feb 12th in LiveScience: https://www.livescience.com/coronavirus-testing-kits-flawed.html https://www.livescience.com/coronavirus-testing-kits-flawed.... Feb 12th from Physicians Weekly: https://www.physiciansweekly.com/some-u-s-states-launch/ https://www.physiciansweekly.com/some-u-s-states-launch/ Feb 13th on FoxNews: https://www.foxnews.com/health/some-coronavirus-testing-kits-defective-cdc https://www.foxnews.com/health/some-coronavirus-testing-kits... The media has been all over this, news stories just don't have the penetrating power they used to. Plus, Trump admin officials kept saying the tests were fixed and would be shipped shortly even though it was patently false, so I don't think people thought much of it. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-06/trump-aides-say-virus-is-contained-while-u-s-count-grows https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-06/trump-aid...

h2odragon 7y ago
I didnt start digging until 2/19; when my daughter went to a clinic for something that "wasn't flu or strep"; and there was no answer about "is there a test for the new wulan virus?"
air7 7y ago
I think the Media the-boy-who-cried-wolf itself. There are scares all the time and people grew (rightly) indifferent. Imagine a responsible media that's not out looking for click grabbing headlines all of a sudden mentioning a would-be pandemic...
- belltaco 7y ago
  Can you mention a few scares that you mention that happen "all the time" ?
  - Natsu 7y ago
    World War 3 supposedly started in January by some accounts, but is nearly forgotten now. What's some mystery flu in China got on that as far as headlines go? Sure, we can answer this with a bit of hindsight, but it's amazing how quickly we forget even wildly incorrect predictions.
    - thombat 7y ago
      Can you expand on thst WW3 reference - it's not a story that made the rounds here.
      - dgritsko 7y ago
        I think they are referring to the killing of Qasem Soleimani and the subsequent retaliation [1]. [1]: https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/United_States_military_kills_Qasem_Soleimani https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/United_States_military_kills_Qa...
        Natsu 7y ago
        Indeed, there were a lot of people going on about WW III, a draft, etc. It's a bit harder to find good examples now that the hype has faded and the results get buried on Google, but here are a few samples - https://townhall.com/tipsheet/cortneyobrien/2020/01/03/some-fear-world-war-three-after-death-of-soleimani-n2558883 https://townhall.com/tipsheet/cortneyobrien/2020/01/03/some-... https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2020/01/04/could-strike-an-iranian-general-trigger-draft-selective-service-explained/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2020/01/04/... https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/01/07/youth-needed-channel-their-anxiety-into-something-they-chose-world-war-iii-memes/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/01/07/youth-nee...
    - belltaco 7y ago
      Can you show some predictions of World War 3 imminently happening by news sources? Say CNN.
- ntsplnkv2 7y ago
  You're right. A fair, unbiased media is key for western government as we know it. There is so much misinformation everywhere, and it has been exacerbated by the internet. It's not hard to see why many distrust the media these days. And that's extremely problematic.

h2odragon 7y ago

I didnt start digging until 2/19; when my daughter went to a clinic for something that "wasn't flu or strep"; and there was no answer about "is there a test for the new wulan virus?"

air7 7y ago

I think the Media the-boy-who-cried-wolf itself. There are scares all the time and people grew (rightly) indifferent. Imagine a responsible media that's not out looking for click grabbing headlines all of a sudden mentioning a would-be pandemic...

belltaco 7y ago
Can you mention a few scares that you mention that happen "all the time" ?
- Natsu 7y ago
  World War 3 supposedly started in January by some accounts, but is nearly forgotten now. What's some mystery flu in China got on that as far as headlines go? Sure, we can answer this with a bit of hindsight, but it's amazing how quickly we forget even wildly incorrect predictions.
  - thombat 7y ago
    Can you expand on thst WW3 reference - it's not a story that made the rounds here.
    - dgritsko 7y ago
      I think they are referring to the killing of Qasem Soleimani and the subsequent retaliation [1]. [1]: https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/United_States_military_kills_Qasem_Soleimani https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/United_States_military_kills_Qa...
      - Natsu 7y ago
        Indeed, there were a lot of people going on about WW III, a draft, etc. It's a bit harder to find good examples now that the hype has faded and the results get buried on Google, but here are a few samples - https://townhall.com/tipsheet/cortneyobrien/2020/01/03/some-fear-world-war-three-after-death-of-soleimani-n2558883 https://townhall.com/tipsheet/cortneyobrien/2020/01/03/some-... https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2020/01/04/could-strike-an-iranian-general-trigger-draft-selective-service-explained/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2020/01/04/... https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/01/07/youth-needed-channel-their-anxiety-into-something-they-chose-world-war-iii-memes/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/01/07/youth-nee...
  - belltaco 7y ago
    Can you show some predictions of World War 3 imminently happening by news sources? Say CNN.
ntsplnkv2 7y ago
You're right. A fair, unbiased media is key for western government as we know it. There is so much misinformation everywhere, and it has been exacerbated by the internet. It's not hard to see why many distrust the media these days. And that's extremely problematic.