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Maybe so, but I don't think it's China's fault, or the US governments fault for that matter. I guess it doesn't help that the current administration doesn't ins
by brenden2 6y ago
Maybe so, but I don't think it's China's fault, or the US governments fault for that matter. I guess it doesn't help that the current administration doesn't instill a sense of security, but I think the state of things is mostly caused by the media whipping people into a frenzy. The virus does what it does, regardless of what the talking heads of state say.
For example, Google was touting how great their YouTube stats were for news content because people were so hungry for news about coronavirus. So the news gave people what they want: doomsday all day every day. This corona thing has been very profitable for media.
While I haven't checked today, I'm sure if you go to the front page of any mainstream news site all you see is negativity (CNN, NYT, Fox, etc) and articles about how everything is falling apart.
So, I think if we're to blame anyone, we should first blame ourselves and second blame the news and their clickbaity-ness.
- s9w 6y agoI'm fine with blaming the news first, then the leaders. There is so much context missing from the reports. When did we ever have counters for other infectious diseases? Naturally people follow the panic - I did so too at first. I did learn a lot about law during this though. In particular how little it all matters, even the core parts of national constitutions. All overruled, changed and whatever in days time. Those laws mean nothing.
- brenden2 6y agoThat's true. The government does what it wants at the end of the day. If they don't like the laws they can just change them.