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Using the phrase "contagion fears" during a pandemic seems misguided.

• aaron695 5y ago
  It's not misguided, but it is distracting. Many news headlines are using it. It'd be interesting to check if it's a normal wording or mass psychology or mass psychology gone wrong where they think they are being subtle or A/B testing that is working.
  • jpgvm 5y ago
    It's normal wording in financial market discourse. You can look up coverage of Archegos, Lehmann/08 financial crisis, 2015 Chinese market crash etc for other situations where it was used heavily to describe either events of the time or highlight possible outcomes.
  • Fjolsvith 5y ago
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksb3KD6DfSI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksb3KD6DfSI Media follow a script.