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Ask HN: What do you think about media on Covid-19?

3 points by firatcan 7y ago

Hello Hackers, While the whole world is taking necessary precautions against SARS-CoV-2, we think the media is not doing his part.They are still trying to sell us with fear and nonsense approaches. So, we have a Startup which is basically a platform where you can follow collection of links for learning a subject. I have created a list of Covid-19 resources just for that. Because media was either telling it is a dooms day or it's just a generic type of flu. I believe, it's neither of those. I hate media in those days.(There are some great mass media articles, I know. I mean overall What do you think? I would like to hear your thoughts on this.

PaulHoule 7y ago
Given that the experts are still figuring it out (and the ChiComs tried to cover it up at first...) I think the media has done about as well as it could.
- firatcan 7y ago
  Actually, someone just shared an article about this check out the original post, I liked the idea behind. They are doing bad generalisation. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22697916 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22697916 I don't wanna go into ChiComs thing but I have a question about why the f*ck you have a regulation which allows you to hunt down wild animals and sell them on the bazaar? Yeah I know the famine history, but WTF it's 2020
hindsightbias 7y ago
Questions the media is too busy to ask: - What is the root cause of the cdc’s failed test? Follow the money. - What is the industrial capacity for ventilators in weeks and months? Anyone doing the math? - How many beds are there in the bay area? How many are occupied? - Has every hospitalized patient been tested? Various media claims about hospital counts and county numbers do not match up (One Kaiser SJ hosp. says half of 242 beds are filled with c19, county reports only 158 hospitalizations today) - How many outpatients were given a “yep, you probably have it, but we’re not testing and sending you home until you get worse” - are they suppressing the count, dont want to waste a test, or not even bothering?