The media has done a shit job of informing people without being wrong per se. The coverage usually goes like this: Things are getting bad in [location]! Hospit

The media has done a shit job of informing people without being wrong per se. The coverage usually goes like this: Things are getting bad in [location]! Hospitals are overcrowding (no information on how many beds and how long until disaster). Here's some disconnected but scary stats. [x] people were admitted to the hospital this weekend in a sudden surge (no information on how many were admitted before, thus impossible to judge the magnitude of the "surge"). [y]% people tested positive this week (no information on how many tests were given, who was able to get tests, or anything about the methodology that would make this data useful). Now for an interview with some stupid person who wishes they listened to us earlier. If you ignore the restrictions, this will happen to you! Stay tuned. All of it was factual but none of it was informative. The news is the noise! It really got to a point where if you wanted to actually know anything about the severity of the situation, how long it would last, how much risk you are facing per trip outside etc then you had to download the data from the NIH/CDC and plot it yourself. The media should have been doing that for me. They were derelict in their duty.