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Originally Posted by Swoop
Interesting how the news media tells us what to think. We all heard about how the recent rally in The Villages would be another Super Spreader event. “Peaceful protests” were okay according to the media, but rallies were Super Spreaders. Now that more than two weeks have passed since the rally and there has been no surge of new cases, you have heard nothing more from the media. The media sells fear to promote their agenda. They tell you what you should believe. And because they package it as “news” people accept it as fact.
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This is true of media with many different slants. Some are much more accurate than others. Some tend to spread conspiracies. Many are alarmist. This is especially a problem with television news. For example, how many millions of people hours have been wasted listening to alarmist news about Tropical Storm Eta, which is supposedly passing overhead at this moment. There seems to be a mild breeze. There was a little rain yesterday.
I get my weather news online from Weather Underground, which seems to be the least alarmist and the most accurate. I don’t watch television news at all. I avoid both left wing and right wing news sources, and for what is in the middle, if I see a slant in the reporting, I take it into account and DIScount it.
We have certainly seen the virus spread in groups small and large, from the motorcycle rally in Sturgis to funerals to home cooked meals for the extended family to the White House. Who knows where and when? If you went to the rally at the polo field and didn’t get sick, count your blessings. You took a risk, and you got away with it. I know too many people who have gotten sick, and some have died. I don’t want to be among that number. I’m looking forward to getting vaccinated, then trying to return to normal.