Have you seen those case numbers! Hitting new highs all over the place!
All the "chief-medical-officer" types are signalling you gotta be vigilant. You bet!
Vigilant. That's the signal you're gonna be seeing way more cases, 'cause when you're vigilant, you see more stuff!
How could it be otherwise?
Then you're gonna get even MORE CASES OH MY GOD WE GOTTA SHUT IT ALL DOWN AGAIN!!!
Trust me, that's where we're headed.
The reporting on this pandemic has been, from before the beginning, heavily skewed towards sensationalism and fear-mongering. "Case numbers" without context are meaningless, and there can't be an editor anywhere who doesn't know this, but how often do news platforms provide any context whatsoever for their always-dramatic case numbers?
How many people did you test today?
How many of those cases had symptoms?
How many of those cases were admitted to hospital?
They're keen to tell us that there are more cases among the young, but where's the data about how many of those new young cases are serious and how many aren't even noticed by the "cases" themselves?
If nothing else, this is a flagrant example of journalistic malpractice. And while we've become inured to sloppy, irresponsible journalism, I think we're plumbing new depths in this time of pestilence.
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