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It's not aligned with how media communication works these days. People only hear the "not a pandemic" part.
by rorykoehler 6y ago
It's not aligned with how media communication works these days. People only hear the "not a pandemic" part.
- notahacker 6y agoI don't think anyone who wasn't intrinsically sceptical of 'might become a pandemic', or otherwise highly motivated to dismiss warnings about potential pandemics heard the WHO and thought 'absolutely nothing to worry about here'. How media communication works is that the disease was hyped as a major threat to humanity in January (why would we even be hearing about a disease in China otherwise?), but everybody still downplaying the threat in late March is furiously spinning that they didn't receive any warning
- rorykoehler 6y agoI don't disagree with anything you said. I do think a more defensive approach to communication is warranted though. The world is run by people I wouldn't trust to flip a burger.