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Why Is All Covid-19 News Bad News?

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Re: Why Is All Covid-19 News Bad News?

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Post by CyberRabbi »

tedunangst wrote: post #11

This paper is dated November 2020, but I don't think anything has changed. In the past 48 hours, the local paper ran a story about everybody needing a third booster shot, a story about all the things it's still not safe to do if you're fully vaccinated, and finally a story that the city was immediately moving to full general eligibility because vaccine providers couldn't fill appointments. Nowhere did they provide li…

Why is a third booster shot bad news? That seems like neutral news and possibly even good news since it means we have a solution to the problem.

Edit: if you’re going to downvote this comment that’s fine but could you do me the courtesy of explaining why? I don’t understand what the flaw is in my reasoning and I am curious to understand it.

Re: Why Is All Covid-19 News Bad News?

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Post by ma2rten »

tedunangst wrote: post #11

This paper is dated November 2020, but I don't think anything has changed. In the past 48 hours, the local paper ran a story about everybody needing a third booster shot, a story about all the things it's still not safe to do if you're fully vaccinated, and finally a story that the city was immediately moving to full general eligibility because vaccine providers couldn't fill appointments. Nowhere did they provide li…

Ironically, maybe confirming that people are interesting in those articles, I was curious what you can not do if fully vaccinated. There are two things you can not do according to the CDC:

- Visit indoors, without a mask, with people at increased risk for severe illness from COVID-19

- Attend medium or large gatherings

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/fully-vac...

Re: Why Is All Covid-19 News Bad News?

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Post by tedunangst »

CyberRabbi wrote: post #21
tedunangst wrote: post #11

This paper is dated November 2020, but I don't think anything has changed. In the past 48 hours, the local paper ran a story about everybody needing a third booster shot, a story about all the things it's still not safe to do if you're fully vaccinated, and finally a story that the city was immediately moving to full general eligibility because vaccine providers couldn't fill appointments. Nowhere did they provide li…

Why is a third booster shot bad news? That seems like neutral news and possibly even good news since it means we have a solution to the problem. Edit: if you’re going to downvote this comment that’s fine but could you do me the courtesy of explaining why? I don’t understand what the flaw is in my reasoning and I am curious to understand it.

"Why should I get this shot instead of waiting for the one that works?"

Do I really need to clarify that I am not the one asking this question?

Re: Why Is All Covid-19 News Bad News?

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Post by throwaway4china »

crooked-v wrote: post #20
lettergram wrote: post #6

CNN Technical director told us as much - Money & power. https://www.projectveritas.com/news/part-2-cnn-director-char...

Project Veritas has a history of being so wildly deceitful[1] that if they said the sky was blue, I'd want to look outside to check myself first before I believed them. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Veritas#Content

Linking to a Wikipedia article doesn't seem like a great way to convey an accusation, especially when you don't want to address the content.

I suppose you don't want to also link to the defamation lawsuit Project Veritas recently won against The New York Times.

Concerning the actual content, I don't see how you can chalk this up to selective editing, the guy goes on for quite a while describing CNN's tactics.

What context do you think was left out?

Re: Why Is All Covid-19 News Bad News?

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Post by ufo »

Here in Brazil the pandemic is currently in the worst phase it has ever been, with no signs of improving in the near future.

I'm glad that other countries can have good news to share but unfortunately that is certainly not the case here.

Re: Why Is All Covid-19 News Bad News?

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Post by jjgreen »

aurizon wrote: post #3

There is a steady stream of anti-vaccine fake news - all designed to look plausible. People with an education in biotech detacts this, the common person weighs it as a bit of valid news = seeds of doubt are sown. check microbe.tv for the real goods.

I have to say, I think that vaccine advocates are making a tactical mistake by characterising those who do not like or do not want the vaccine (and say so) as "fake news", "designed to look plausible", and so on. They have a different view to you and people can have differing views without either of them having hidden agendas, being evil etc.

Before you ask, I'm keen on vaccines (and have had AZ), but I'm an old git, it makes sense for me. Younger people could make a valid different choice, and others would be wise to respect that choice.

Re: Why Is All Covid-19 News Bad News?

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Post by CyberRabbi »

tedunangst wrote: post #24
CyberRabbi wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why is a third booster shot bad news? That seems like neutral news and possibly even good news since it means we have a solution to the problem. Edit: if you’re going to downvote this comment that’s fine but could you do me the courtesy of explaining why? I don’t understand what the flaw is in my reasoning and I am curious to understand it.

"Why should I get this shot instead of waiting for the one that works?" Do I really need to clarify that I am not the one asking this question?

Many reasons. To minimize the chances our health care system is overrun and new mutations don’t emerge it’s beneficial to maximize public immunity to as many variants as we can as early as possible. Additionally the booster shot may come in the form of a third dose anyway, so there may be no personal benefit to waiting either.

Re: Why Is All Covid-19 News Bad News?

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Post by andybak »

postalrat wrote: post #4

Because apparently people are too dumb to think for themselves.

It's very hard to glean your point from this off-hand statement. I can imagine a very wide range of things you're trying to communicate but unless I delve into your post history then I'm simply guessing.

Re: Why Is All Covid-19 News Bad News?

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Post by wizzwizz4 »

aeternum wrote: post #19
DoreenMichele wrote: post #14

To be fair, most "news" of any sort on any topic is bad news.

We generally measure the success of news by user engagement, and bad news is often more emotional and engaging. Perhaps a better metric would be the information content, but that's difficult to measure and most people probably don't care.

> Perhaps a better metric would be the information content,

Celebrity gossip tabloids!

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