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This misunderstanding i feel comes from the deeply technocratic language that the CDC uses for public relations posts... it makes it super easy for social medi

• thephyber 5y ago
  No. You are blaming the experts in epidemiology for not being able to overcome political agendas, cable news propaganda, ignorant people, and a lack of trust in “the establishment” (which includes the FDA and CDC) caused by all of the above. The PR article was for medical professionals. Americans on social media have become far too gullible. They can’t be bothered to fact check and they sure aren’t going to the source material. This is not a problem the CDC’s comma team could have prevented.
  • senectus1 5y ago
    I feel like we're both right. Know your audience, there is little point in speaking Russian to Hindu native speakers. There is also little to be gained in only communicating in overly complicated language to your average Citizen. The CDC could, quite easily and simply communicate really very important announcements in a way that your average "man on the street" could read, consume and truly understand with very little effort or time. The audience is different. They have tuned themselves to short videos, short blurts of text and meme images. I agree this is not good, but they need to communicate in the same language or risk this sort of misinformation spreading.