This article has lots of hand-wringing over young people not getting vaccinated, anecdotal examples of serious but rare comorbidities, and youth vaccination rates compared to *total* cases and deaths.
What does it not have? Mortality rates by age group.
What does it not have? Mortality rates by age group.
https://twitter.com/ABC/status/1416265057244168200
Showing youth vaccination rates compared to all cases and deaths regardless of age category is a pretty good example of misinformation/disinformation, but you won't see any calls to ban or censor @ABC for it.
Misinformation/disinformation is lauded if it makes people more cautious or scared, or if it encourages overraction to some threat, no matter how serious the threat is. "Can't be too careful" is the mantra, even when precautions don't help or even exacerbate the problem.
"Stay home, save lives" forced millions to abandon healthy outdoor activities to cower inside in fear where they had a greater chance of getting sick.
And that doesn't even address how locking down crushed people in other ways, such as causing more drug overdoses and suicides.
And that doesn't even address how locking down crushed people in other ways, such as causing more drug overdoses and suicides.
But hey, no harm no foul, eh? News media just jabbers on with whatever narrative scares the most people the worst. Pump those ratings, baby! That's what it's all about. They'd never, ever, ever lie to you because they're the experts!
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