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This is an unreasonable response with full information though. Had the media done their job in most parts of the country and reported that hospitals were not ac
by tathougies 6y ago
This is an unreasonable response with full information though. Had the media done their job in most parts of the country and reported that hospitals were not actually seeing many covid patients, people would have been more willing to go to the hospital. Instead, every news outlet, including local ones, reported on one or two slightly overloaded hospitals in New York City, which is a thousand or so miles away for most Americans, and completely unimportant when you have a heart attack, stroke, whatever.
Instead, people had to make do with partial information and many people -- believing incorrectly that their local hospitals were overwhelmed and needed them to stay home -- chose to do so.