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> Every infant death was national news for some stupid, obvious reason. I had a child born in March 2020. Given how new the virus was and how dangerous it was
by bandyaboot 4y ago
> Every infant death was national news for some stupid, obvious reason.
I had a child born in March 2020. Given how new the virus was and how dangerous it was for the very old and the fact the we had virtually no information about how it would affect infants, I absolutely wanted to see that reporting. As sad as it is to hear about those individual cases, it was actually reassuring to know that the cases of infant deaths were so rare that it made sense to report on individual cases rather than just numbers.
- pessimizer 4y agoThe problem is that the overcoverage made it seem common, not rare.
- bandyaboot 4y agoPersonally, that wasn’t my experience. The coverage didn’t make it seem common to me.