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Some variants did create alarmist coverage based on nothing, tbh. Makes it harder to figure out when the threat is real. I got worked up over exactly three so far: Alpha, Delta & this. We got warned early on this which increases uncertainty. But that’s a good thing. Time to act!
Yes. Lamda was supposed to be a big one.
Zeynep, the tweet I referred to has an entire article about the coverage. That was the point.
Okay. But I’m objecting to the “nothing was known” quote there. As soon as it was identified, the immune evasion part was identified as well. Maybe the coverage isn’t sane (totally possible) but the framing that “nothing was known” isn’t correct.
His point is that 75% of the main headlines on every MSM site don’t need to be omicron related. Here in Texas I assure you no one cares. Maaaybe 2% of people in Dallas wear masks at all.
A few anecdotes about how cases were “mild” were amplified endlessly, serving to balance out expert worries about immunity escape. THAT characterizes the news coverage.
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