the democrats and democratic media (npr, nytimes, etc., which tend to be my news sources) are absolutely playing up the fear and panic for their political ends

the democrats and democratic media (npr, nytimes, etc., which tend to be my news sources) are absolutely playing up the fear and panic for their political ends (elections, legislation, fundraising, and everything else). if you don't see the politics of it, you're just not using your critical thinking skills. the science is not on the stay-at-home side. the science is on the don't-spit-in-other-people's-mouths side. how you effect that has been absolutely politicized.