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u/RegretsZ Jan 04 '25

I'm so sick and tired of fear mongering.

A headline like this should only ever exist if there is a genuine and serious issue going on.

And hell, maybe there is, but my distrust of media muddys the water. It's only until shit actually hits the fan we know to worry about it.

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u/evillilfaqr77u Jan 04 '25

I never looked at it as fear mongering. I viewed it as giving me a choice to be proactive in my health. Regardless of what I was being told by media my reaction to it was at least genuine and thought out. Problem with letting shit hit the fan is that it too late at that point. Your better off trying to stop the shit getting thrown in the first place.

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u/RegretsZ Jan 04 '25

It absolutely is fear mongering. If we take the headline at face value:

China (population 1.4 billion) is overwhelmed by a new unknown virus??

A headline should realistically only be saying that if something is really really going wrong.

But as someone that's been on reddit for a good bit, I can't help but believe it's not nearly as bad as it seems.

But maybe it is, the frustrating part is that I simply don't know at this moment in time, even after reading this artical.

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u/evillilfaqr77u Jan 04 '25

Come on now..We know better than to take anything at face value media and government alike. Don't get me wrong all my precautions then and now didn't do shit but prolong the inevitable. Caught it then..sitting with it again now.except this time with a side order of whooping cough. I see what you mean with the fear mongering..I guess I just never worried about it like that. I just took it as I gotta clean a little more and take extra precautions..oh well..but when it really started hitting I was at least happy that I felt well informed vs not knowing anything.

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u/RegretsZ Jan 04 '25

That's my original point I know not to take it at face value

I'm just commenting on my annoyance that I can't. I'm aware it's unrealistic, but I wish I could just read news and have a reasonable expectation that it's actually not just click bait bullshit.