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Originally Posted by dirk digler
You rightfully got scared, as I would and any one else. I am very glad he only had strep and wouldn't wish this crap on anybody.
My daughter is on the front lines on the Covid Unit in KC dealing with this shit and every day I come in here and people liken this to the flu or it's not serious nonsense or saying it is a freak out. Every day I sit here and wonder if this is the day she gets sick and goes on a vent.
It is serious shit and scary as hell but it is frustrating because so many people down play this pandemic. I don't get it.
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There is a difference between downplaying things which I don't think many have done and then the media fabricating panic. Now you know me and my political leanings. You know where I got the term "panic porn" from? From someone I generally disagree with.
Because that is what it is. Part of the reason I was "freaking out" as you put it was not because I thought my kid was going to die but the crap my family might be getting ready to have to go through because in large part but not solely from the media generated panic.
The media loves tragedy, scandal and war. We all know this. They thrive on it. From Chris Cuomo faking his "isolation" in his basement to over the top headlines that use words such as "apocalypse" in an article that is supposed to be good news.
Why would anyone ever think Covid-19 is any different?